Far below a street in Rio, a building’s foundation collapses. In China, an apartment block caves in. The deadly accidents aren’t much more than passing headlines for Paul Hewitt, a Wall Street broker carving a career out of million-dollar deals.
But business suddenly gets personal when a Manhattan subway tunnel collapses. Paul uncovers disturbing connections between the accidents, but the deeper he digs, the more the official explanations just don’t add up.
His search leads to a shocking discovery: millions of tons of glass and steel are sitting on an environmental time bomb.
Faced by a conspiracy of silence he races against time to expose the truth while the power brokers will resort to anything—including murder—to protect their interests.
The Last Thinker
There’s a human, crouched at the entrance to a cave, staring in awe at flashes of lightning. The human doesn’t understand what the flashes are, can’t even begin to comprehend things like electrons or particles. He doesn’t have the logic, the knowledge, to make sense…
Aiming for Signal, Slaying the Noise
Try, just for a moment, to remember the last image you looked at. Maybe it was an ad on a website, or maybe it was a meme you scrolled by on your phone. Can you recall it? Neither can I. And that’s why I’ve started to actively aim for signal and slay the noise….
The Speed of Tech Will Hit a Human Wall
If it feels like the tech giants are trying extra hard lately to become Marvel villains, you’re not alone. One look at the behaviour of the Elon Musks and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world shows alarming parallels. A single-minded pursuit of immense personal wealth and…
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