Leonardo Quattrucci

The New Battlefronts of Tech Why Latin America is a Lab for the New World Order

A year ago, I started mapping the Latin American deep tech ecosystem, betting that geopolitics and natural wealth would make the region a new battlefront in the global tech race. Seems like we're onto something: ministryofexperiments.substack.com/p/the-new-ba...

03.04.2025 12:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New blueprint released for AI procurement - Cities Today A radical overhaul of how cities procure AI and emerging technologies is needed, in which governments treat procurement as a dynamic, software-like system.

I spoke with @citiestoday.bsky.social about cities as pioneers for public-interest AI. Direct citizen relationships and universal needs make cities ideal labs to put AI to public service. The interview is based on work with @geoffmulgan.bsky.social and tial.org

cities-today.com/new-blueprin...

01.04.2025 09:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The changes in power we are witnessing can be summed up as a conflict between absurdity and common sense. If we do not understand and accept absurdity, we cannot reverse, revolt, or reform it. What should policymakers do in the Age of Absurdity? ministryofexperiments.substack.com/p/policymaki...

19.03.2025 09:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

To manage innovation, governments must fix procurement  - Centre for Future Generations As governments worldwide race to find more money to invest in technology and defence in a more divided world, they risk neglecting an essential and often badly used tool: procurement.

Governments spend 12% of GDP on procurement yearly, yet most systems prioritize risk avoidance over strategy, leaving them stuck with outdated tech and rising costs.
Time to rewrite procurement for the innovation era, write @geoffmulgan.bsky.social & @leoquattrucci.bsky.social
cfg.eu/governments-...

18.03.2025 14:22 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

3. Return to the past or resistance? "Spheres of influence are rarely static; they are constantly contested. The reemergence of spheres of influence signals that the nature of the global order is being tested. This shift could lead to a transition back to the power politics of earlier eras."

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2. Force as a way to advance state interests is the new normal. "Major powers have attempted to use force to get their way throughout the past few decades, [but] their attempts have consistently backfired and failed to prove that force is an effective tool for advancing national interests.

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1. In this new world, strength trumps values. Today, "regime type no longer appears to hinder a sense of shared interests. It is hard power only—and a return to the ancient principle that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”

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This is an urgent read by Monica Duffy Toft. Today, overlooking, misinterpreting, and not reacting to changes in global power dynamics means yielding autonomy to new spheres of influence.

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