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Weary? What the Fall of Empires Feels Like From the Inside (Issue #293)
I am no historian. I have no credentials for that shelf. What I have is eighty-four years of watching and wondering why…
Most Recent Perspectives
Starlink, AI and the Challenge of Global Governance (Issue #292)
An Orwellian warning from orbit: Who controls the networks, who watches the users, and…
The Public Good—and the Freedom We Surrender (Issue #291)
We are told to tighten our belts. Government needs revenue. Employers need flexibility. Unions…
In Time We Touched: The Sovereignty We Are Losing (Issue #290)
From the melodies of hope to the erosion of personal freedom and human relevance…
The KEI Network is comprised of an international array of contacts interested in the forces and sources of change. Through our newsletters and public webinars we explore leadership and the clash of public and private interests, innovation and the impact of emerging technologies, including your views, panelists and guests.
Perspectives & Podcasts
The October Series
September asked what the future economy looks like. October’s answer begins here: Personalization.
Week 1
#287 Sovereignty
Week 2
#288 The Referendum
Week 3
#289 Safety First
Week 4
#290 Personal Sovereignty
Week 5
#291 Personal Freedom
Week 5
#292 Global Governance
Week 5
#293 National Security
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Weary? What the Fall of Empires Feels Like From the Inside (Issue #293)
I am no historian. I have no credentials for that shelf. What I have is eighty-four years of watching and wondering why — and lately, watching the chaos roiling the United States and the West generally, I have found myself…
Starlink, AI and the Challenge of Global Governance (Issue #292)
An Orwellian warning from orbit: Who controls the networks, who watches the users, and who governs the governors? George Orwell published 1984 in 1949, imagining a future in which an all-powerful Big Brother monitored behaviour, controlled information and sought dominion…
The Public Good—and the Freedom We Surrender (Issue #291)
We are told to tighten our belts. Government needs revenue. Employers need flexibility. Unions need protection. Regulators need compliance. Somewhere beneath these demands stands the individual, wondering when their own needs became the item everyone else could adjust. Each demand…
In Time We Touched: The Sovereignty We Are Losing (Issue #290)
From the melodies of hope to the erosion of personal freedom and human relevance I was born in the 1940s, into a world emerging from war, exhausted but hopeful. We were weaned on the gentle melodies of Frank Sinatra, Bing…
Sovereignty Matters. But Safety Comes First. (Issue #289)
October at the KEI Network is about sovereignty: our ability to retain meaningful control over the decisions shaping our lives. But control carries responsibility. Whether we are debating Alberta’s future or developing artificial intelligence, safety should come first. On October…
Take It Personally: What the Referendum Means to You (Issue #288)
Personalization: The Quiet Reversal of a Hundred Years of Sameness For most of the last century, progress meant making things the same for everyone. The same curriculum, the same broadcast, the same office hours, the same form letter from the…
Sovereignty, Commons—and a Rather Large “What If?” (Issue #287)
September at the KEI Network has been devoted to the future economy: the forces reshaping work, technology, investment, institutions and the assumptions upon which prosperity has been built. October may be rather less tidy. October has long had a reputation…
The Future Economy Will Not Wait (Issue #286)
What intangible assets, artificial intelligence, data centres and crisis teach us about managing change. Throughout September, the KEI Network’s In Search of the Future Economy series examined intangible assets, Canada’s adoption of artificial intelligence, the expansion of data centres and…
A New Chapter Begins
For more than twenty years, the KEI Network has been built around a simple belief: that informed citizens, thoughtful leaders, and open dialogue can strengthen our communities, our economy, and our democracy. Join us on our new mission as the Network evolves into a broader platform for ideas, with modernized publications, webinars, and new ways to participate in and support what comes next.
Perry Kinkaide
Founder, KEI Network
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New Book
The Lost Commons: Human Relevance Under Siege
20 years. 1,000 voices. ONE book. Be among the first to experience the audiobook and the book’s fall release.
Perry S. Kinkaide has spent a lifetime exploring the intersection of technology, institutions, human behaviour, and social change. In The Lost Commons: Human Relevance Under Siege, he asks a fundamental question: how do we remain relevant, and sovereign, in an increasingly automated world?AI, democracy, creativity, listening, human relevance and the future of civic society.
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