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You can now taste caviar from Madagascar

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My Iranian MBA students proudly said that Iran produces the best caviar from sturgeons caught in rivers near the Caspian Sea. These sturgeons are now bred in commercial farms as wild sturgeons are declining in number. With the caviar selling at expensive prices in fancy restaurants, and travelers in first and business classes of airlines […]

Jobs and Automation

Robots and the Japanese mind

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My youth was filled with Japanese robots such as Ultra Man while my children were occupied with Transformers. We note an interesting article by Gillian Tett in Financial Times on June 12th, 2019. The article touched on the positive acceptance of robots in Japan as compared to other countries, mainly the UK and US. She […]