It proves the fallacy of thinking in relative terms. It is an adjustment; it is a very different world than a single super power where most of the innovation is coming from one place.

With the U.S. tied up in Iraq, and the general opinion being against the White Houses ill-conceived policies hopefully the message will be clear that there is no great Axis of Evil in existence.

the point being we as humans have a remarkable ability to find evidence to support any theory our mind may develop...

The jaded piece of me sees little of grace and mercy in the actions of most people and instead sees at work the economics of self-interest.

Somewhere in the search for the active and imaginative life that is picturesque and full of poetical curiosity is the key to seeing beyond the fog, beyond the noise and gaining a glimpse of justice.

The government and the military have it all wrong, they still have not figured out that we live in a flat world and their power is simply growing less relevant.

Essentially there are many drivers pushing the flattening of the world. One of those things is the decomposing of the corporate value chain down into more and more chunks that can be connected and out sourced.

It seems to me that while the last Century saw the sunset of Pax Britannica and the birth of the postwar American Empire, or as Charles Maier once called it, “the empire that dare not speak its name,” this new Century is not about borders but ideas.

Perhaps the best thing Japan could have done when Kim Jong’s son tried to sneak into Disneyland Tokyo was given him a VIP tour ;o)

“We can influence [the world] in a way that no other country can – Russia’s concepts and example will wilt before ours, if we have the vigor and farsightedness to see our place in the world.”

Over the last month, while working insane hours averaging probably close to 3 hours a night, traveling to NYC, London, Rome and Tokyo it seems like the world has further erupted with the goings on in Iraq, Korea and in Lebanon.