The other day I said that it was an American recession and not an Australian problem. Three things happened yesterday that radically altered my perception. One involved my neighbour, Ron the second involved my uber geek friend from Europe and the third, an Australian edict to stockpile food. . Stockpile Food For a [...]
When you see stories like this one, you have to wonder how close we all are to a serious societal meltdown. The UK government is meeting with supermarket chains to encourage them to stockpile basic foodstuffs in anticipation of supply chain failures caused by a national truckers' strike. The big issue here is not the [...]
Nathan Myhrvold was CTO at Microsoft. He left and started Intellectual Ventures. The company buys up any Intellectual Property, anywhere in the world that companies aren't using. Inventions. Innovation. Then they stockpile the IP For? ”Specific business models will depend upon factors such as the particular invention area, market structure, market dynamics and timing and may [...]