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Delete Your Social Media – #SolutionsWatch

Delete Your Social Media – #SolutionsWatch

Even the Big Techers admit it: social media is ripping apart the fabric of our society. So the solution is simple, right? Delete your social media! Or is it not that simple? Join James on today’s edition of #SolutionsWatch as he explores the solutions to the Media Matrix problem.

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Bitcoin $10,000: What Does It Mean?

Bitcoin $10,000? Already? It seems like just a few months ago that I was writing about the price of one bitcoin surpassing the price of one ounce of gold. Oh wait. I was. "Bitcoin Over Gold: What Does It Mean?" was written in March 2017. Fast forward 8 months and here...

When Robots Rule the Markets…

The Corbett Report community held a vigorous discussion on the future of Artificial Intelligence this past summer, and the results are in: No one understands the question (myself included). Now, to be fair, I didn't do a very good job of framing the debate so, as is...

5 Things You Need to Know About the Saudi Purge

Saudi Arabia, May 2017. A private yacht sails into the port at Jeddah under heavy guard. The yacht's identity is hidden even from the port authorities. Only a handful of people are allowed near it. They deliver several boxes on board and the yacht sails away. The...

Is Erdogan Being Set Up For A NATO-backed Coup?

What's happening in Turkey? Why did they sever their economic relationship with one of their most important trading partners by dramatically shooting down one of their jets? Why is there such momentum around the Erdogan-must-go meme when he was the CIA's golden boy...

Problem. Reaction. Solution. (Paris Edition)

The meme has already been floated: "Paris changes everything," according to the terrorists in government who stand to benefit from the changes that the Paris terror attacks are bringing about. And in a sense, they're right. They now get to invoke emergency powers and...

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