A wonderful thing happened this week in the world of podcasting. Joe Rogan left the top spot on Spotify Podcasts, unseated by voices coming from the Meidastouch Network. And I’ve started introducing my 13yo son to the cacophony of American political discourse.
Dylan holds both an Irish and an American passport. He needs to get a few civics lessons before he sets foot on American soil.
I’ll discuss with my son how he is witnessing the Post-America age as Donald Trump forges ahead with America Alone. Trump is a risk for American foreign policy, a tragedy for Ukraine, a gift for Russia, a chalenge for Europe, and an opportunity for China.
The Meidas Touch presenters have spotlighted the profoundly shameful tactic Trump uses, calling Ukrainian President Zelensky a dictator and then getting the Fox Propaganda Network to affirm this demented view.
IDA Ireland has a plan that puts digitalisation and artificial intelligence in roles as “significant growth drivers” in the realm of delivering continued growth for Ireland. The high water mark of globalisation has passed. Trump wants to reshore the billions of dollars of investment made by American companies in Ireland. And new players in the Middle East are vying for the same FDI clients Ireland targets.
Dylan watches me prepare weekly AI webinars for SMEs and large companies. In my professional experience, 50% of one person’s time is spent on paperwork. An AI agent can help clean up some of that admin work.
Where we live, we hear the sound of heavy equipment reversing during our breakfast. Those are sounds associated with building new homes. But there aren’t enough of those homes being constructed. I believe local councils need to reopen their county development plans and integrate new housing targets and zoning requirements under the revised national planning framework. Dylan has become very aware of what it would take to convert the 49 square meter cabin in our back garden into a modular home. We would have to ensure it did not span more than 40 square meters.
As a former US military officer, I’m watching how the Irish public reacts to senior politicians who want to ensure Ireland can become part of a formal defence alliance. That could only happen if the law is changed and approval of the United Nations is not required.