The real birth in electronic money is not Bitcoin, but Google Wallet. Standing in line at Starbucks you will see the under 25 crowd pay with their cell phones. Sorry, but Google is already there. Bitcoin cannot compete nor will traditional banks. Just as Amazon reduced book publishers to a subservient role at their direction, […]

Google won in the SDNY and may now make millions of copyrighted scanned books searchable on the Internet. A New York judge Denny Chin of the SDNY dismissed a lawsuit from the U.S. Authors’ Guild, seeking money simply for authors because their books are searchable. Quiet honestly, digitization of works is furthering knowledge and  I myself have […]

Google in trouble for sucking up private wi-fi data in networks in the UK. The question is why even do this? Is this data given to the NSA? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23002166

For years, I have warned that technology would become the government’s greatest surveillance tool. Politicians always promise new powers will only be used against criminals. Then those same powers gradually expand until everyone becomes a potential suspect. History never changes because governments never voluntarily surrender authority once they obtain it. The U.S. Supreme Court has […]

For six decades, I’ve had a front-row seat to how the world actually works—not from a classroom or a newsroom, but from the trading floor, the negotiating table, and behind closed doors with governments across the globe. That experience isn’t something you can Google. It’s earned, and it’s what I’ve finally put into book form. […]

Only 29% of Democrats say they are extremely or very proud to be American, compared with 90% of Republicans, based on a recent NBC poll. Among Americans aged 18-34, just 36% express strong pride in their country, compared with 75% among those over 65. Those numbers should concern anyone who understands history because they point […]

Governments always know exactly where to find soldiers during economic decline. They look for debt, unemployment, hopelessness, and young men with no future. That has always been the pattern throughout history. Rome did it. Napoleon did it. Britain did it. The United States targeted poor communities for Vietnam and Iraq. Now, Russia is openly doing […]

Canada is walking into extremely dangerous territory and most people do not understand the implications because governments always package surveillance laws as “public safety.” That is how this begins every single time historically. They sell fear first, then quietly expand state power behind the scenes while claiming only criminals should worry. Now even Apple, Google, […]

There was a time when people could still speak privately. You could sit across from a therapist, talk about your marriage falling apart, your depression, your fears, your finances, or the darkest moments of your life believing those conversations would remain between two human beings. That world is dying rapidly because everything now must be […]

Singapore has become one of the clearest examples of what happens when global instability pushes capital toward safe and efficient financial hubs. While much of the developed world struggles with declining middle classes, inflation pressure, weak currencies, and deteriorating public confidence, Singapore is absorbing enormous inflows of wealth, businesses, financial firms, and highly skilled workers […]