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We are all playing a rigged game against an all powerful Ai that most of us don’t even know exists. This is a zero-sum game where “we the people” lose every time. Did you know, when you invest in stocks, bonds, the real estate market and beyond, you are now betting against an AI with trillions of data points you and I will never even have access to? This AI is so powerful it now controls every company in every industry, every bank, financial institution and even the Federal Reserve. Aladdin tracks and monitors everything in our lives. And it’s...

Ukraine has a new Western backer. It’s not a nation-state, or a military contractor. It’s the financial firm BlackRock.Ukraine announced Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a video teleconference with BlackRock Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink. The pair apparently struck a deal to coordinate investment efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation.A readout of the meeting on the Ukrainian president’s website boasted BlackRock’s involvement, calling the firm “one of the world's leading investment managers” and noted that it “manages client assets worth about 8 trillion dollars.”“Zelenskyy and Larry Fink agreed to focus in the near term on coordinating the efforts...

Dear Ukrainians! This year began on February 24. Without prefaces and preludes. Sharply. Early. At 4 o'clock. It was dark. It was loud. It was hard for many and scary for some. 311 days have passed. It can still be dark, loud, and complicated for us. But we will definitely never be afraid again. And we'll never be ashamed. It was our year. Year of Ukraine. Year of Ukrainians. We woke up on February 24. Into another life. Being another people. Another Ukrainians. The first missiles finally destroyed the labyrinth of illusions. We saw who was who. What friends and...