The Return of Family Farms?
May 19, 2008
Food security continues to make headlines around the globe. In the past several weeks, I have written several posts on the subject of food and a growing crisis over rising prices. The
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Globalization and Giving — the Rise of Chinese Philanthropy
May 16, 2008
With the death toll from China’s recent massive earthquake expected to rise to nearly 50,000 people, the world has offered and Chinese leaders have accepted outside assistance. Western experts, for example, are
Japan’s Demographic Woes Remain Serious
May 15, 2008
I have written about Japan’s demographic situation before [see Demographics and Robots]. Blaine Harden of the Washington Post Foreign Service reports that Japan’s demographic crisis seems to be growing worse [“Japan Steadily
The Social Side of Technology
May 14, 2008
The very word “technology” has a certain cold, hard ring to it. Say the word aloud and people conjure up images of computers, machines, and robots. They think about plastic and metal
Moving Beyond Globalization
May 13, 2008
Recently, New York Times columnist David Brooks penned an interesting piece on globalization and how people have used it to create paradigms for everything from economics to politics. He thinks it’s time
The Psychology of Philanthropy
May 12, 2008
The recent cyclone in Myanmar, the enormous earthquake in China, and even the tornadoes in the U.S. are stark reminders that natural disasters occur with frightening regularity. People affected by natural disasters
Seeking Security and Development in Afghanistan
May 9, 2008
I have often written about how development and security go hand in hand. Although security generally precedes development, it is not by much. In almost all situations where there is or has
Closing the Tech Gap in the Middle East
May 8, 2008
When my partner Tom Barnett first published his New York Times best-seller The Pentagon’s New Map, the Middle East was near the center of the disconnected group of states he labeled the
Financial Globalization
May 7, 2008
Globalization rests on three principal flows: people, resources, and capital. The Economist, however, published an article questioning whether the free flow of capital is really a good thing for developing countries [“Policing
Globalization, Food, and Resilience
May 6, 2008
Anthony Faiola, writing for the Washington Post, discusses why globalization hasn’t fulfilled the hope that it would end world food shortages and the devastation such shortages bring [“Where Every Meal Is a
