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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
America’s Software Crisis
May 5, 2023
This article, adapted from our new book Battlefield Cyber (pre-order here), has just appeared in Force Distance Times, a unique magazine and website oriented to the people who make things happen in American industry and technology. The U.S. software meltdown helps explain why China and Russia have been able to deeply penetrate thousands of American […]
In the great information war between democracies and dictatorships, whose side is Elon Musk on?
April 25, 2023
It appears he is favoring the dictatorships, according to two reports from the Associated Press. First, Dake Kang at the AP in Beijing reports this on Twitter: “Investigative ex-CCTV journalist Wang Zhi’an’s twitter account has been locked, for unclear reasons. Astonishing squelching of a independent, influential voice in the Chinese language media ecosystem. Wang Zhi’an […]
Warren Buffett’s dumping of his position in TSMC should send shivers down CEO spines
April 14, 2023
Warren Buffett is a long-term investor. He believes in holding investment positions that can last for decades. So his decision to sell-out most of his $4 billion investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation–shortly after making the investment–is a real wake-up call. He sees geopolitical risk in the form of a military confrontation between the United […]
Staggering: The Chinese Government Uses Twitter to Defend TikTok
April 7, 2023
News that Chinese goverment officials and state-backed media have taken to Twitter in the United States to defeat governmental and legislative efforts to ban TikTok is just stunning. It proves several things: –The Chinese government recognizes that TikTok is a strategic weapon and must be defended. The arguments that TikTok is not controlled by ByteDance […]
AI and Quantum Computing Could Make America More Vulnerable to China than It Already Is
April 5, 2023
Mike McLauglin’s and my new article In CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) magazine. Also look at our Battlefield Cyber book here on Amazon. Pre-order it!
Micron under investigaton in China
April 4, 2023
This is the kind of problem the Chinese governent is going to create for any visible U.S. tech company that tries to reduce its exposure to China. It seems inevitable that there will be many more such actions as the Biden Administration seeks to reduce U.S. support for China/s global tech ambitions. It ain’t going […]
