Tag: Disruptive technology

Fourth Industrial Revolution and Disruptive Technologies
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

A Massive Shift Is Underway!

I was abruptly awoken yesterday by a “PMS day.” A Richter-like force, brimming under the surface, evidenced by the stomping, grumbling, and frustration that accompanies this phenomenon. As a husband, I’m grateful for the warning signs; I can hide prepare accordingly. It’s not hard to see change when it’s upon

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3d Printing
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Changing Life As We Know It

“Watch out buddy. I’ll print another one of you.” My son was being a little snot. The thing with your own kids is that they’re like your wife: they absolutely know how to push your buttons and make your blood boil. Between you and me, there are times when I

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Zombie Apocalypse
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Blockchain In a Zombie Apocalypse

With a strong focus on investing in game changing trends, whether in private or public markets, it’s not surprising that the technology underpinning the Bitcoin digital currency has been more interesting to us than a gaggle of suntanned string bikinis. I wrote about the technology recently, first here and then again here, and

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Uber
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

In Support of Ubers of the World

Recently I read how Uber is blitzing London’s black cabbies. God, it couldn’t have come sooner! I spent my 20s living in London and whenever I landed up taking a black cab in London it was usually after I’d had too many drinks and my cognitive powers had gone kaput.

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Traditional Media & The Switch To Blogs

Traditional media is dead! The well-coiffed pigeon-chested peacocks that attempt to pass as conveyors of news may not know it yet, but it’s true nonetheless. I was recently sent a bubble vision clip (CNBC), you know that cradle of financial market intellect. After viewing it I concluded that there ought

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