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4717 Insights

What is data,
Why is Leverage

Sep 12, 2025

Horrible Political Jokes in Ukraine

... a comedian walks into a war...

Horrible Political Jokes in Ukraine

Aug 14, 2025

Messaging Blindspots

Information is not Meaning

Messaging Blindspots

Mar 18, 2025

Mutually Assured Bankruptcy

WTF: Trade Deficit Insight

Mutually Assured Bankruptcy

Feb 10, 2025

Year of the Snake

4717 China 2025 Insight

Year of the Snake

Jan 8, 2025

Big Theater, Small Door

4717's Artificial Intelligence Insight

Big Theater, Small Door

Oct 30, 2024

AI: Hype and Glory

A trillion dollar answer in search of a trillion dollar question

AI: Hype and Glory

Oct 9, 2024

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Lessons from Ireland's Good Friday Agreement

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Sep 17, 2024

Why Iran Hates Us

America made Iran safe for democracy... then didn't.

Why Iran Hates Us

Sep 4, 2024

China, TikTok and Spies

What Sun Tzu would make of psych-ops and dancing morons

China, TikTok and Spies

May 30, 2024

Drooping Tiger, Wheezing Dragon

Beijing's heavy hand on the market may crazy the entire system

Drooping Tiger, Wheezing Dragon
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World War III Has Started
... Dress Accordingly 

​From a hospital in Kharkov, Richard Murff saw first-hand the strange divide in Ukraine as Russia expanded its mission to bend Europe to its will. The great power competitors are now on the move, with the “axis of chaos” tearing at the post-World War II order. Murff uses his trademark wit and style to put the global crisis into context, how we got here, where this train wreck is going.          

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