In the last month, one of the clearest global management and technology trends has been the intensification of the artificial intelligence infrastructure race. Recent reporting and analysis show three connected developments: first, the International Monetary Fund has warned that growing interdependence and circular financing structures in the AI sector can create systemic financial vulnerabilities; second, BloombergNEF has described AI data-center building as advancing at ful
Nearly one hundred years after the publication of War Is a Racket , the short but powerful work of Major General Smedley Butler still speaks to modern readers with surprising force. First published in 1935, the book argued that war often serves interests that are not openly presented to the public, and that the financial and political gains of a few may be hidden behind the language of patriotism, security, and necessity. Butler’s message was direct, moral, and uncomfortable.
