Oh, how the locus on competition has shifted
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:10AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Citation Post, global trends, security, technology

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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.

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