AI and Geoeconomics

La première sortie ( The first outing, 1876-1877) Pierre-Auguste Renoir Excerpts from Balachandra, Lakshmi, et al. " Improvisation and negotiation: Expecting the unexpected. " Negotiation journal 21.4 (2005): 415-423. Preparation and Mindfulness Negotiation is a fascinating subject in part because the process is so often unpredictable . External events outside the control of the parties — unexpected outbursts, accidentally pressing someone’s “emotional hot button,” learning critical new facts about the issues being negotiated — can intrude at any time. A negotiator who learns to react effectively in unpredictable moments clearly is an improviser. He or she somehow manages to cope regardless of the people, the problem, or the process in place. We have known people who have this gift. But how do these virtuoso performers do it? [...] A cornerstone of negotiation theory is that a negotiator must consider the needs, interests, and concerns of the other side. Proper ...

A Portrait of Luca Pacioli  (c. 1447–1517) Excerpts from "Chapron Guillaume. The environment needs cryptogovernance . Nature . 2017 May 22;545(7655):403-405. doi: 10.1038/545403a." The arrival of the blockchain has been compared to the invention of double-entry book-keeping (first described in print in the fifteenth century  by Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli), which enabled the modern economy. I think that its implications reach far beyond finance, to governance and sustainability. Unique record The blockchain proves with certainty that a recorded piece of information — a piece of data, document, transaction, certificate, event or identity — existed at a particular time. If an asset can be assigned a unique  digital identifier , such as a barcode, then it can be included. At least four areas related to governance and sustainability could benefit from using the blockchain. Ownership  From a birth certificate to a fish or a forest, the blockcha...