July 15-17 - Futurists and more global turmoil


"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
- Winston Churchill 

This is horrible. It's likely to really change the game on the conflict in Ukraine. Presumably Russia provided the air to air missile that was used. Bad stuff.

Interesting.  I think the productivity and creative environment in tech will get a lot better as the diversity and gender mix gets more balanced.

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