The Rise of the Middle East in Global Competition

 I keep hearing about the Middle East shaping up to be a future dominant player in the world especially its economy.

This is great insight.

https://www.middle-east.kearney.com/public-sector/the-future-of-education-skills-and-employability

ChatGPT, OpenAI, Anthropic?

I wrote about Notion AI a couple months ago. Since then, a lot has happened in the world of AI. OpenAI took headlines with ChatGPT, Microsoft laid off thousands to invest millions into OpenAI, and Google followed suit with also laying off thousands to invest millions into Anthropic AI and announces Bard. Why hasn't such corporations used those millions to invest in their employees - is a question that simply repeats history. For my fellow techmates, beware of the corporate checkmates and steer your own career.

P.S. And then there's Poe, from Quora.

https://openai.com/

https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/

https://www.anthropic.com/

https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/quora-opens-its-new-ai-chatbot-app-poe-to-the-general-public/

neo.mjs - a new approach to frontend development

This new front-end development approach with this new framework is very interesting. I wonder how this compares to ReactJS.

The Next Generation of Front-end Development

Globalization Outlook & its Economy

I think this goes for all Western countries and it's a good outlook to consider.

"And Europe is failing to recognize the economic potential and necessity of organized migration while ignoring its economic dependence on foreign workers."

https://youtu.be/gIYaSEwoblY?t=2405

Watch full context of DW's Globalization two-part documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoZiTCz_wYA (part 1: "Winners & losers in world trade")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYaSEwoblY (part 2: "Profits over People")

In addition, China will not remain as the economic power that it was - primarily due to the lack of consideration for the People's Leadership. Basically, the rise of China happened under a caring prime minister; not a limitless term one. For more context, read this article.

With its population declining, China’s period of rapid growth is likely over. How it copes is critical for the world. 

Does anyone remember when many goods were manufactured in Mexico? What happened?

PhD programs vs Start-ups

This is a really good article critiquing the PhD worldwide. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00084-3

In addition, the pressure continues to mount up as capitalism invests in start-ups like research incubators. These investments bypass academia which further decreases the value of "higher education". Therefore, do students even need a college degree? Should a high school graduate consider working in a start-up than attending college? Perhaps Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Kanye West knew the secret key to a successful career by attending college to eventually drop out as they launched their own careers as promising entrepreneurs?

Open Metaverse Foundation & Web3

This could be the start of a new tech era.

https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2023/jan/19/linux-foundation-launches-open-metaverse-foundation/

It's one thing to apply blockchain technology to an existing infrastructure where large corporations could still centralize power due to exchanges being trusted by the public with certified brand names. But, what if the public could trust smaller entities? And how does a small entity quickly get into the game of trusted exchanges among large corporations without looking like a troll, a bot, or a hacker?

There has to be more tools available and a new information infrastructure to certify these tools. I think the new OMF is what will usher in this new digital era and establish blockchain technology, AI, and VR/AR. And, the quicker we can launch quantum computing, the quicker OMF will rise.

P.S. Interestingly, one noticeable sponsor is Meta.

Pony IO

I just heard about this programming language which has built-in features that I really like, such as no locks and no nulls.

I'll need to play with it to truly understand its uniqueness and value.

https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc

https://www.ponylang.io/