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Episode Title:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Geopolitical Tortoise and Hare Race🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another captivating episode in the BRICS & Geopolitics Series (#HTBRICSSeries) on Heads Talk where we explore the shifting landscape of money, trade, politics, conflict, and the technologies shaping the next global order.

This week, I’m joined by David Sime, Chief Innovation Strategist at Invantage Ltd, with over 25 years’ experience spanning international markets, emerging technologies, and education. David has advised global institutions on navigating technological and geopolitical disruption, leading projects in AI, XR, Digital Twins, post-quantum encryption, and advanced energy systems. All with a focus on real-world impact and societal resilience.

In this conversation, we marry AI sovereignty and safety with the rise of BRICS+ and the cyclical nature of empires. Topics that might seem worlds apart, yet intersect at every level. From the cultural and political dimensions of surveillance technology to the contrasting innovation models of East and West, David takes us deep into how emerging tech both shapes and reflects global power shifts.

We ask: Can Western innovation, constrained by shareholder short-termism, compete with BRICS nations’ state-aligned, long-horizon strategies? How will AI governance evolve in a multipolar world? And what can history’s great power cycles tell us about the future we’re building?

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Topics Covered
◽️ Career transition from global market analysis to technology and education
◽️ Tragedy of the Horizon and Western short-termism in innovation
◽️ Western shareholder stranglehold on innovation versus BRICS+ rapid development model
◽️ AI safety frameworks and verification protocols for dual-use systems
◽️ Global AI interoperability without reinforcing geopolitical fragmentation
◽️ Designing AI architectures for diverse legal and resource environments
◽️ AI failures in East vs West:- Differing risks and implications
◽️ BRICS innovation strategies in a multipolar technology landscape
◽️ Cyclical nature of empires and shifting global power dynamics

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