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Those who have been to our FiRe conference in the last few years know that it's become something amazing and new: a place for new theories, new inventions, new year-round initiatives, new science and technology, and even new companies that are funded onstage. For all these reasons, we've reissued the illustrated 2-part SNS Global Report "FiRe 2016 in Review" as a single bundled paper, fully indexed with a subject-based Table of Contents, live-linked to internal content and to all of the audio, as well as video and other media, from this year's event. And, of course, it's free. Click here to open and share freely with others.
www.stratnews.com/events/predictions-dinner/registration/
Publisher's Note: Most technology executives probably remember the illegal techniques China employed a few years back to corner the global rare-earths supply, first dumping these critical minerals at below cost to drive producers into bankruptcy and close down competing mines, and then using market domination to threaten Japan's tech industry by throttling supply. But, as with all things in the news cycle, that was then. Today, few people even think about the problem - unless, like this week's author, they know enough about the problem to realize that the world's technology industry continues to prosper at China's whim, constantly living within weeks of a supply shutdown that could wreak havoc on everything from smartphone to disc-drive production. Once you've read this, you'll want to do something about it. I hope you do, since we obviously need to change this situation quickly. - mra. |
