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Technology Acceleration Economics 101

Recently, there was a talk at the Singularity University by John Mauldin that discussed some of the debt problems in the US and world economy. While I’m happy to see the Singularity community continue the debate across multiple disciplines, I still think there is a lot that needs to be addressed regarding the economics around [...]
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An Innovator Leaving Japan

Deep-rooted Problems in the Japanese Knowledge Economy I’ve been working on this report for quite some time, it is a deep analysis of the current economic and business climate mixed in with my experience as an IT developer and entrepreneur in Japan (8 pages): An Innovator Leaving Japan.pdf Introduction Most people learn about Japan for the first time [...]
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Rethinking the Knowledge Economy

During the few ‘off hours’ I have, I love thinking about innovation and technological change in the grand scheme of things. In fact, a couple of weeks ago I did a weekend trip to New York on my own budget to attend the Singularity Summit 2009 – a conference of futurists. In my recent thinking [...]
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