I have read about Steve Jobs that he does not allow his children to use iPhones, or Bill Gates doing similar stuff with social networks and his kids. Not sure if it is true, but it made me think. If… Read More »Are you a drug dealer?
I love this Wired series.
This topic has always fascinated me. ““This mental image that everyone has, that we don’t trade with our enemies during war, is actually an artifact of the world without any neutral rights,” Grinberg says. “Once we develop neutral rights, all… Read More »Why countries trade with each other while fighting
Maybe it is just different values and culture. “China may simply see things differently. It’s possible that the Chinese government has decided that the profits of companies like Alibaba and Tencent come more from rents than from actual value added… Read More »Why is China smashing its tech industry?
Simple as this. “Never repeat in the clear the identical text of a message once sent in cryptographic form, or repeat in cryptographic form the text of a message once sent in the clear. Anything which will enable an alert… Read More »“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone.” Why?
Why having one strong leader is always bad in the end. “When you have a leader that strong, it creates a lot of big risks for a country — even one as large, productive, and technologically advanced as China. These… Read More »Xi Jinping is the main thing holding China back
History of beer is much more interesting than you think. “Whether the drink somehow made its way from the Mideast to northern Europe or was independently invented by the Gauls and/or the Germans is unclear. Some see a Babylonian influence… Read More »Stumbling through history towards beer
Why don’t we use them more if they work? “The technology works, it has many advantages over chemical batteries, and it can be utilized safely. But what very few companies have been able to do is find a new market… Read More »Nuclear Batteries Can Power Devices for Decades. Is That a Good Thing?
Will status quo prevail or not? “If the expected destruction from war rises faster than the value of controlling Taiwan, that widens the bracket, creating more and more buffer room for the status quo. Some of you will recognize this… Read More »The prospects for war with China: Why I see a serious chance of World War III in the next decade
A bit older one but still insightful. “Food and fuel are generally the most crucial imports — people can do without the latest iPhone, or a new car, but they can’t really do without food and transportation. And since lots… Read More »Why Sri Lanka is having an economic crisis