•Geopolitics
COVID 19 - A looming public health and humanitarian crisis in developing countries
COVID-19 won't end until the poorest countries are protected—closed borders and self-sufficiency won't save us when 7 billion people need vaccination.
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486 posts about AI, learning, and building products
•Geopolitics
"The changing world order" Ray Dalio's insights about what to come in the next 5 - 30 or 50 years
Ray Dalio's historical analysis reveals today's "unprecedented" events are actually predictable patterns—empires rise and fall in cycles, and understanding these helps us prepare for the shifting US-China power dynamic ahead.
•Greater China
COVID 19 learnings from Vietnam - a developing country
Vietnam—a developing country with 100M people, $3k GDP per capita, and 900 miles bordering China—had <300 COVID cases and zero deaths by April. Here's what worked.
•Geopolitics
Covid 19 - The lesson from China from Bruce Aylward, leader of the W.H.O. team that visited China
I listened to the WHO team leader who witnessed China's COVID response firsthand, and his lessons on speed, free testing, and isolating mild cases could have saved us months.
•Geopolitics
Covid 19 - currently it takes about 7 days for the total confirmed cases to double
I've found the most critical COVID-19 data sources you need: cases are doubling every 7 days globally, and these charts reveal which countries are in the most danger right now.
•Geopolitics
The economic impact of Covid 19 on China and the rest of the world
Kevin Rudd and a leading China economist cut through the noise to explain what Covid-19 really means for China's economy and reform agenda—with insights you won't find elsewhere.
•Other countries
8 Key Facts about Singapore Digital and Media Landscape 2020
Despite Singapore's world-leading smartphone adoption and GDP per capita 60% above the US, its e-commerce lags far behind China and South Korea—here's why.
•Paid Media
8 key facts about South Korea e-commerce (updated Feb 2020)
South Korea ranks 3rd globally in e-commerce penetration despite being 28th in population—with growth rates 5x Japan's and mobile sales second only to China.
•Greater China
8 key facts about China digital landscape (2020 update)
China's e-commerce market alone exceeds the rest of the world combined, while its billion internet users spend 4+ hours online daily on infrastructure matching the US.
•Geopolitics
What are the most Critical Global challenges facing humankind in the next 50 -100 years? (part 2)
I explore how automation and AI could displace 75 million jobs by 2022—but what happens to workers at 45 or 55 who can't easily retrain, or entire developing nations?
•Geopolitics
What are the most Critical Global challenges facing humankind in the next 50 -100 years?
I've distilled insights from leading thinkers like Yuval Harari and Bill Gates on humanity's biggest threats—climate change, war, technology, and inequality.
•Geopolitics
US economy has not worked for the majority of Americans over the past 40 years
While US GDP tripled since 1979, median wages grew just 6%—and for men, they fell 5%. The data reveals a stark disconnect between economic growth and worker prosperity.