Is there a perfect tax haven to retire to, and could it be Bulgaria?
Gen X-ers are beginning to look around and wonder what will become of them once they hit retirement age, or indeed whether they will be…
Nadella Fixed Microsoft’s Culture. Then He Forgot About Ours.
In April of 1975, two young men in Albuquerque dreamed of putting a computer on every desk and in every home. Half a century later,…
The great bullshit apocalypse and the questions that nobody asked
I wrote The Intellectual Rage not as a history book, but as a battlefield diary smuggled out of the Corporate Dark Ages. Every sentence was…
The Great Dumbing Down – My AI Assistant Is Part of a Conspiracy to Lobotomize Civilization
A True Story of Digital Condescension and Intellectual Warfare It started innocently enough. There I was, minding my own business, having crafted what I considered…
The four-day week is long overdue in the age of wage disparity
Wealth inequality in developed nations has surged, with stagnant worker wages contrasting sharply against skyrocketing CEO pay. Inflation erodes real wages, while CEO-to-worker pay ratios…
What Happened to Asimov’s Safeguard?
In 1942, Isaac Asimov imagined a safeguard. He called it the Zeroth Law of Robotics: a machine must never harm humanity, nor through inaction allow…
Decentralized AI, Web3 and the future of brand identity
As AI models, search engines, and CMS platforms struggle in an apparent death match, businesses are left wondering what to do with their Web presence….
Netflix House: The Circus of Declining Innovation
The moral essence for second-hand imitation – From Pyjamas to Parking Lots Once upon a time, Netflix was a revolutionary. It was the outlaw hiding…
AI Agents: The New Crime Syndicate
Artificial intelligence has always promised to remove friction from our digital lives. It whispers of an easier future: no more tedious searches, no more repetitive…
A suggested letter From an Awakened CEO
Esteemed Colleagues, Partners, and Board Members: I address you today with resolute clarity regarding our organization’s trajectory amidst this unprecedented confluence of technological and societal…
Tax incentives on crypto gains: the next big thing for struggling economies
As cryptocurrencies, continue to reshape global finance, nations are vying to attract crypto millionaires by offering enticing tax incentives. This race to the bottom reflects…
THE EMBARRASSMENT ENGINE
There are many kinds of corporate embarrassment. There’s the garden-variety typo in a press release, the mistimed post that accidentally wishes everyone a happy Arbor…