It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, 

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, 

it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, 

it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, 

it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cites" (1859)

Our world is witnessing internet and mobile  use and ubiquity, and there is a wave of change, both good and bad.

The Internet, 4G and 5G  is enabling People and Organisations to  transcend national borders and span the planet. 

These Organisatons are challenging  Nation-States as a way in which we humans are organising ourselves into global tribes.

Global company are negotiating with Cities and Countries for the equivalent of 'diplomatic immunity' in return for providing jobs and revenue from the incomes that their locally-based employees spend?

But is the power base still based on Countries and Ideologies?

As former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has written, “The battle is about whose economy will drive the technology of the future and set the standards for it.”

Why is USA banning  telecom-equipment giant Huawei saying the company is state-directed and could sabotage 5G infrastructure or use it to steal data?

China has set explicit goals of dominating such fields as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Huawei is leading the 5G race as a clear winner... which is going to lay the foundation of the future of Internet of Things and the Digital Highway. 

Is there going to be a choice to back “China Technology” or “American Technology” or are people going to focus on backing the Organisation with the best product or customer service?

Chinese companies’ revenues now  account for only 25.6% of the Global 500 total, behind America's 28.8%. China is growing !!

President Xi Jinping has said that by 2049, the communist revolution’s centennial, China will be “fully developed, rich, and powerful,” a goal that China expert Graham Allison of Harvard says includes being “unambiguously No. 1,” with a military “that can take on and defeat all adversaries.”

Fortune’s founder, Henry Luce, famously declared in 1941 that the 20th century was the American Century.

Will the 21st century becomes the Chinese Century in the full sense—with China dominating culture, ideals, and concepts of human rights and human nature?

Or the Century of Global Corporations? 

Will we in fact have a full 21st Century and be able to combat Climate Change? 

This international power play reminds me of  a few ants fighting each other for the power of their colony, and so focussed on each other, that they don't see the boot above them that will stamp them into oblivion?? 

MAYBE IT WILL NOT BE ABOUT THE POWER OF NATIONS, BUT IN FACT THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, 
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, 
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, 
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, 
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cites" (1859)