Technology Externalities – Q&A
The latest post by Steve Sammartino
Last week I did a rare keynote for a key regulatory body where I was asked to go deep into technology externalities. After it we had a Q&A session and over email I got asked… [ READ POST ]
Changing Shape & Big Tech
May 30, 2021
In 2019 I wrote a manifesto on what we need to do to fix ‘Big Tech’ because I was concerned with how powerful the top six tech firms were becoming. At the time Apple, Amazon,… [ READ POST ]
Keep Pushing
May 21, 2021
We all need to chase, we all need to knock on doors. The world is filled with insightful and skilful people, and the ones that get the most work and recognition are those who push… [ READ POST ]
Channel Overload
May 7, 2021
Social researcher Robin Dunbar concluded it isn’t possible for humans to maintain relationships with any more than 150 people, with only 50 of them being close connections. Known as Dunbar’s number, this is why people… [ READ POST ]
Surfing into the Future
April 29, 2021
There is almost no industry this technology revolution doesn’t touch – its impact is everywhere. How could anyone ever keep up with such broad and rapid change? Answer: no one can. But what we can… [ READ POST ]
Beyond the NFT Bubble
March 19, 2021
Imagine for a minute that you owned something, but you did not control it, others had access to it, they could share it, use it, copy it, and that there was an infinite number of… [ READ POST ]
Why Bitcoin can never be a global currency
March 5, 2021
Cryptocurrency and the underlying blockchain technology that powers it are amazing. Crypto will change commerce and global adoption of cryptocurrencies is, in my view, inevitable. But Bitcoin can never be one of those currencies. There,… [ READ POST ]