This chapter explores the significance of decoding interconnected risks and seizing opportunities confidently, featuring insights on Moody's risk decoding service, NVIDIA's specialized hardware for AI software, and efforts to address the shortage of accountants in America.
The game theory was simpler during a cold war between two states armed to the teeth; the nuclear world order has since become far more complex and dangerous. Nvidia is on a tear making the artificial-intelligence community’s favoured chips. What plans, and perils, lie ahead for the firm (10:55)? And why there are ever fewer accountants on the books in America (18:25).
Additional audio "As an accountant" courtesy of Rocky Paterra.
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