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Private Fire Departments
This article would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Look, if you want to do this, privatize core local government services, you can’t force people to pay for the privileged of not utilizing these services (taxes), then charge them … Continue reading
Keiichi Matsuda
One of my favorite visual thinkers. He does a great job of tying projecting his own take on a likely future. For example, this video on retrofitting London to ‘work’ in the future is great: The Technocrat Retrofit of London … Continue reading
Minxin Pei
In the words of an old mentor: “If you aren’t reading Minxin Pei on China, you’re wrong.” -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Newspapers Are In A Market Now
Deep coverage, resplendent in video, infographics, and pictures, all in real-time, of evolving global stimuli rather than a broad, geographic segmented approach. In short, monopolies are dead, and all newspapers are competing. That’s why the Miami Herald has 20 reporters … Continue reading
Idea: Listening + Location
Use a morally neutral set of processes, packaged together, to target someone for anything from charity donations, to assassination, to advertising. Lock on. Find a name (pretty easy), find an address (also pretty easy), and establish this as a baseline. … Continue reading