Theft Nation
Theft Nation is “the best available description of the Chinese national business model and its effect on the global economy,” according to a top official at the US Department of Justice.
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Theft Nation
“What is the most important information in the world today? China’s GDP for last quarter? The price of oil tomorrow? Where equity markets are headed next? All of these currently depend on information yet more valuable: How does China make money? What is its national business model? It turns out that, until this week, the only people who had this information were cabinet-level ministers and country leaders in the US, the UK, and Australia – and the corporate members of our INVNT/IP Global Consortium.”
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SNS Top Tech & Economy Predictions for 2016
Mobile retail purchasing explodes, 3D printing goes mainstream, the EU wins on data privacy … In this video, Mark Anderson presents his just-released Top 10 Predictions for 2016, recorded 12/3 at the 11th annual SNS Predictions Dinner in NY.
FiRe 2015 Launches Pattern Computing Startup
The first computer system incorporating IBM’s TrueNorth computer chip was conceived in Deer Valley, Utah last month, in a mere four days at the Future in Review conference.
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China: Innovator or Thief
“50% of [China’s recent] growth has been founded on stealing [W]estern business ideas, via old-fashioned industrial espionage and more sophisticated state-sponsored hacking.”
SNS was first to recognize the pattern. Ongoing coverage: Chinese Economy Facing Collapse | BBC Business Daily | Chinese & US Markets: Part One | Part Two | Part Three
FiRe 2015 Featured Film
SNS FiReFilms was pleased to screen Racing Extinction at FiRe 2015
The 2nd film by Oscar® winner Louie Psihoyos goes behind the scenes to document today’s breathtaking rate of species and ecosystems extinction at the hands of humans, in a dramatic warning as beautiful and suspenseful as it is a call to urgent action.
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Future in Review 2016
Join us for FiRe 2016, September 27-30, 2016, at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah.
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The Sony Hack and Nortel’s Demise
Piracy vs. Crown Jewel Theft
At Forbes.com Mark discusses the impact of cyber espionage on the tech industry:
“In the last few years, we’ve seen a continued exponential increase in cyber attacks, with different purposes in mind: … listening to military communications, stealing customer IDs, and taking the greatest secrets held by corporations & governments – their ‘crown jewel’ secrets.”
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SNS Calls the Crash:
Peak Pricing, Not Peak Oil
The most important economic prediction
of the decade
“$50/bbl should do it. … And since this will change almost everything in global economics, it seems worth sharing… I don’t think oil is ever coming back.”
– 7/12/14, Mark Anderson, SNS Global Report
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SNS Connects: FiReStarters
The FiReStarters program is just one SNS Connection Hub, showcasing businesses with new and emerging technologies – nominated by trusted strategic investment SNS members – at SNS FiRe conferences & beyond. We believe these businesses are making strides in improving our world.