Oh, how the locus on competition has shifted

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WSJ story where the headline just made me laugh.

It read, “Carriers Go To Battle Over Faster Networks.”

When I first glanced at it, I thought it was a story about naval technology—you know, big decks!

Instead, it was about Google v Apple.

That tells you something about the world we live in, a world in which radical Islam pales in comparison to the rise of the global middle class—where all the real battles will take place and virtually none of them will involve any kinetics.