Sick of the same old, same old boring list of predictable, safe New Year's predictions that are so vague they can't possibly come true? (Weaponized narratives, indeed!) Yeah. So am I. So, in the spirit of spicing things up for this post-holiday hangover season, let's...
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Venezuela Joins the Social Credit Club
by Corbett | Dec 16, 2018 | Newsletter
So you know all about China's social credit system by now, right? You know, the one that I've been talking about for years? The one that we had a sneak preview of eight years ago in "You Are Being Gamed?" The one that's being trial ballooned at home via Carrot Rewards...
Mais Non! The People vs. The Paris Agreement
by Corbett | Dec 8, 2018 | Newsletter
"Let them eat carbon!" said French President Emmanuel Macron this week, offering his peasants a six-month reprieve on their coming carbon sin tax. And, kicking his feet up on his desk at the Élysée Palace, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had bought himself some time...
SEC Launches (Glitchy) Database To Prevent Another Flash Crash
by Corbett | Nov 17, 2018 | Newsletter
Playing in the (manipulated and rigged) stock market is not for the faint of heart. Things can turn on a dime and that sure-fire stock you're riding today might just revert to its intrinsic value (i.e., zero) tomorrow. But as exciting as the markets can be, they're...
The Greatest President of All Time Is…
by Corbett | Nov 10, 2018 | Newsletter
Well, another cycle of (s)election hysteria has come and gone in the disUnited States of Amerikkka, Inc., and, as you well know, everything in the world has transformed overnight. Now that the Demopublicans are in control of the House and the Republicrats have kept...
How (Not) To Pop A Bubble
by Corbett | Oct 28, 2018 | Newsletter
It may not have been the craziest headline that the Trump whirlwind has generated in recent months, but you might have noticed it amidst all the Stormy Kavanaghs out there: Trump says Fed is his 'biggest threat' because it is raising rates too fast This latest...
Know Your Memes: NPC
by Corbett | Oct 21, 2018 | Newsletter
So surely you've heard that 2001: A Space Odyssey's evil A.I. super-computer HAL is a thinly veiled reference to IBM, right? You know, change each letter in "HAL" to the next one in the alphabet? Well, what do you get when you change each letter in the word "MOB" to...
Crime Pays (If You’re in Government)
by Corbett | Oct 14, 2018 | Newsletter
"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows!" Perhaps you're old enough to remember this tag line from the 1930s radio dramatization of The Shadow. Or perhaps, like me, you spent your childhood listening to "Those Old Radio Shows" on...