Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican nomination for President is arguably one of the greatest unexpected outcomes in American politics. As a technology entrepreneur, allow me to humbly provide a few comments on our industry’s role behind the ‘Trump phenomenon.’ Whether you love or hate Donald Trump, he has shed light on a key issue in our country. He has brought to the foreground the plight of millions of disenfranchised Americans, who are typically middle-aged, blue-collar

Capitalism has served us enormously. It remains the predominant economic system in the world today. And despite the gloomy state of current global affairs, our society has made tremendous progress over the last century. All the metrics used to measure human development, indicated by our health, economics and education, have globally shown improvement ranging from 80% to 400% between 1900 and 2012. This is despite more than 300 percent increase in the global population during