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Bogus Predictions, Prophecies and other Hubris (Never Truth) from the Silicon Valley Prophets “If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth.” —Václav Havel As it stands today, just a handful of men have been entrusted with the world’s most potent new technology—exercising free-wheeling command over artificia

Prototyping a Framework Strategy For Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation in the Caribbean The Caribbean faces a significant mismatch between the younger generation needing to find employment and the region’s ability to create sustainable livelihoods. Despite rich natural resources and geographical advantages—sun and soil—the region continues to depend on tourism, which has failed to generate the high-paying jobs necessary to build a strong middle-class economy. In this

Training on the Past, Missing the Future: How VC (LLM-Like) Biases Stifle the Innovations That Change the World Venture capital, much like large language models (LLMs), is trapped in a self-referential loop: its “vision” is constrained by the very biases it trains on — past exits, founder pedigrees, and market trends. This systemic myopia explains why VCs initially rejected 72%+ of unicorns and were later backed by angels; why over 70% of VC returns come from just 5% of fun

The alternative: Antifragile applied intelligence — the real ai “Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile In the book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (2012), the authors, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, argue that inclusive systems create prosperity and thrive, while extractive systems are inherent

Unlocking Intelligent Technology Utilization and Collaboration, for a Prosperous Export-Driven Green Growth Economy Introduction The Caribbean stands at a crossroads : still shackled by Colonialism (2.0) —choice: a modern dependency on foreign capital, consultants, and institutions—or empowered to forge its own 21st-century Green-Growth Economy. This article argues for the latter: a sovereign strategy where the region leverages its fertile soils, renewable energy resources,

Why the applied intelligence (ai) approach brings strength and robustness back There is a paradox emerging: The accelerating use of AI in research is creating a self-reinforcing cycle where the volume of AI-generated findings outpaces human capacity to verify them. AI-generated findings are simultaneously eroding the critical cognitive skills (e.g., methodological rigour, independent judgment) required to sustain trustworthy knowledge ecosystems. These dynamic risks normal

“When one admits that nothing is certain, one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.” Bertrand Russell, the mathematician-philosopher who reshaped modern logic, once warned: “When one admits that nothing is certain, one must also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.” Silicon Valley’s AI evangelists would do well to heed this wisdom. They market artificial intelligence as an inevitable force of progress

When Learning’ Lacks Agency: The Fatal Flaw in Machine Epistemology The fathers of modern Western philosophy, Immanuel Kant and René Descartes, both emphasized the importance of reason and the mind in understanding the world. Descartes is best known for his “Cogito, ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”) and Kant for his “Critique of Pure Reason,” which grounds all knowledge in rationalism and empiricism — emphasizing the role of the conscious mind in shaping our human exper

The Path to Development Sovereignty In the digital age, localized, strategy-led development has never been so accessible, thanks to the democratization of knowledge ecosystems available at the click of a mouse. Therefore, the continuous false arguments about developing countries’ lack of knowledge and expertise have served as convenient excuses for Western consultants, institutions, and organizations to maintain power and control over the developing South. Despite the avail

Every company says the same thing: “We want a strategy to grow our business,” but is seldom able to achieve it. This is largely because strategy development has been dominated by big consulting firms, requiring significant effort, making it time-consuming, manual, and very expensive. Putting strategy development out of reach for the vast majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and many other organizations. 6ai Technologies Inc., my6ai , offers a new paradigm—yo

Applying ai to the Global Political Economy and Leadership When asked about applied intelligence, the straightforward answer is that applied intelligence (ai) is a methodology that applies critical and independent thinking to transform information into knowledge, fostering insight and rational strategic decision-making. Defined by a six-step (6ai) Socratic, human-centric process, ai doesn’t seek to make artificial intelligence competitive, surpassing, or replacing human intel

The most recent Global Economic Prospects report from the World Bank Group analyzes what’s behind the “2025 steady yet unequal growth,” and what is necessary to create jobs and drive development in the years ahead in the developing world. One particular area was the impact of " AI data centers " on local water supplies and how that affects people and local economies. The hyped-up AI-Everything environment prevailing today has created an AI investment frenzy, which has de

Useful innovation often comes through a process of discovery; a series of steps, and within each progressive step, there must be additional steps of scientific inquiry, tests, contemplation and iterations to complete before moving to the next step. All steps must be covered. — Albert Einstein According to the World Bank, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

An AI-Driven Knowledge Platform for Athletes to Succeed in the Business of Sports @realjaywilliams on Instagram “NIL isn’t about empowerment; it’s a toll booth. And every deal a kid signs, an agent is standing at the gate taking 20%. Let me put that into perspective: in the NBA, it’s 4%, and in the NFL, it’s 3%. So, 20% for what? Introductions and Instagram posts? That’s not mentorship, that’s markup! A lot of these agents aren’t managing opportunity; they’re recycling it. T

A New Disruptive Paradigm for Education in the 21st-Century “The Value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think. ” ~ Albert Einstein I recently read an article titled “ Yann LeCun’s advice for young students wanting to go into AI.” LeCun, Meta’s former chief AI scientist, left Meta to “lead a new AI startup,” the article says. However, since