The combination of social media and partisan tribes is creating movements at a pace far beyond anything humanity has ever imagined.
John Robb has been thinking about the impact of social networks since early 2000, when he saw the implications for warfare. John is a rare thinker - prescient, contrarian, and always insightful. We discussed:
+What it was like to be one of the first financial analysts covering the Internet in the mid-1990s
+How augmented reality may be the next big thing...and why it may accelerate confirmation bias
+International models of network adoption, arguing the US is closer to the chaos of Russia and the fascism of China rather than the traditionalism of Europe
+How virtual networks impact perceptions of physical space
+An exploration of "exaptation"