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The Infrastructure Conversation is Becoming Mainstream

The Infrastructure Conversation is Becoming Mainstream

The Infrastructure Conversation is Becoming Mainstream

Dickie Shearer

4 days ago2 min read

Candle Chart showing FX

Candle Chart showing FX

Liquidity as Infrastructure: Rethinking Currency Strength in Emerging Markets

Dickie Shearer

Feb 149 min read

Under-Capture, Not Under-Development

Under-Capture, Not Under-Development

Under-Capture, Not Under-Development

Dickie Shearer

Feb 144 min read

Dickie Shearer spending time in Papua New Guinea

Dickie Shearer spending time in Papua New Guinea

Languages Lost Are Futures We Will Never Understand

Dickie Shearer

Feb 104 min read

The World is Changing, that Doesn’t Need to Be All Bad News

The World is Changing, that Doesn’t Need to Be All Bad News

The World is Changing, that Doesn’t Need to Be All Bad News

Dickie Shearer

Jan 305 min read

Human and AI interaction symbolising how cultural worldviews from the Global South are essential to building truly global artificial intelligence

Human and AI interaction symbolising how cultural worldviews from the Global South are essential to building truly global artificial intelligence

Cultural Intelligence in AI: Why Global South Thinking Matters

Dickie Shearer

Dec 6, 20257 min read

Taxing the Past. Funding a Different Future

Taxing the Past. Funding a Different Future

Taxing the Past. Funding a Different Future

Dickie Shearer

Nov 27, 20258 min read

COP this, or cop what’s coming.

Dickie Shearer

Nov 14, 20254 min read

The More Things Change

The More Things Change

The More Things Change

Dickie Shearer

Nov 8, 20256 min read

Is the current state of the world really as bad as it seems or are there other forces at play?

Is the current state of the world really as bad as it seems or are there other forces at play?

Nothing Makes Sense. Everything is fine.

Dickie Shearer

Nov 4, 20256 min read

Discord sowed by Discord: Kathmandu or Do Not – The Choice is Ours, For Now

Discord sowed by Discord: Kathmandu or Do Not – The Choice is Ours, For Now

Discord sowed by Discord: Kathmandu or Do Not – The Choice is Ours, For Now

Dickie Shearer

Sep 15, 20257 min read

Perhaps Britain’s present frustrations are not thirty years in the making but a thousand. To understand today, we would benefit from looking beyond immigration or Brexit and rediscover the middle layers of community that once held the nation together.

Perhaps Britain’s present frustrations are not thirty years in the making but a thousand. To understand today, we would benefit from looking beyond immigration or Brexit and rediscover the middle layers of community that once held the nation together.

Sometimes the Answer is Closer to Home than it Appears

Dickie Shearer

Aug 26, 20257 min read

Richard Shearer

Richard Shearer

Building Harmoniously

Dickie Shearer

Aug 12, 20252 min read

Explaining Explainable AI

Explaining Explainable AI

Explaining Explainable AI

Dickie Shearer

Aug 6, 20255 min read

The very unusual but special experience of having my portrait taken by David Bailey.

The very unusual but special experience of having my portrait taken by David Bailey.

That One Time David Bailey Took My Portrait

Dickie Shearer

Aug 1, 20254 min read

The Cultural API

The Cultural API

The Cultural API

Dickie Shearer

Jul 31, 20253 min read

More Than Just A Tech Revolution

More Than Just A Tech Revolution

More Than Just A Tech Revolution

Dickie Shearer

Jul 31, 20253 min read

Banking is Like a Box of Chocolates

Banking is Like a Box of Chocolates

Banking is Like a Box of Chocolates

Dickie Shearer

Jul 31, 20253 min read

Some People Are So Poor All They Have Is Money

Some People Are So Poor All They Have Is Money

Some People Are So Poor All They Have Is Money

Dickie Shearer

Jul 19, 20255 min read

Money, Myth, and Memory

Money, Myth, and Memory

Money, Myth, and Memory

Dickie Shearer

Jul 14, 20251 min read

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Cultural Futurist | Global South Systems Thinker. Exploring how artificial intelligence, financial infrastructure, and economic governance shape communities and markets in the Global South.

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