Rising Market Concerns: Reflections from Otto von Bismarck’s Strategy
On September 2nd, 1870, Otto von Bismarck met Napoleon III outside Sedan. The French had lost the decisive battle of Sedan and surrendered. A few weeks later, the Germans advanced, laying siege to Paris. On January 18th, 1871, in Versailles (of all places), the new...Leonardo on Opaque Systems, Questionable Returns, and the Kafkaesque Paradox
AI has a balance sheet problem: There is a fundamental discrepancy between the projected spending on AI and the corresponding projected revenues. No company can continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars (cumulatively trillions of dollars) and, in return,...On the “Auguries of Innocence”: Fragility Amid the Joys & Pains of the Market’s Journey
I sat down to draft this commentary after reading William Blake’s poem “Auguries of Innocence”, while in the background, Robert Zimmerman was singing: “In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion… Sing ‘Amazing Grace’ all the way to the Swiss...Germany’s Biotech Setback: A Cautionary Tale for U.S. Biomedical Research
By Naomi Charalambakis, Director of Science Policy at Americans for Medical Progress We invite you to read a special commentary by Naomi Charalambakis, Director of Science Policy at Americans for Medical Progress, on how Germany’s biotechnology missteps in the 1990s...In Search for Geopolitical & Geoeconomic Tipping Points: Thomas Mann’s Reflections
Some have described Thomas Mann’s book Mario and the Magician as one of the finest novels written in the 20th century (for a brief summary of the book, see the end of the commentary). Most certainly, when it was written in 1929, it was a pivotal moment in...Sign Up for Our Publications
