> one file for every «In the Making»: the series where the book becomes the news.
FILE NO. 001CLASSIFIED
MILTON HAMMER
Digital Dunkirk
ROLE
THEATER the evacuation
STATUS
When the grids collapse, someone has to bring everyone home.
FILE NO. 002CLASSIFIED
THE GRAND CUSTODIAN
«The Muncher»
ROLE keeper of the Crown
ASSET
STATUS
A former racing driver, an engine that devours itself, a black swan to kill.
FILE NO. 003CLASSIFIED
THE FOUR SCIENTISTS
and the shape of the Pentagon
ROLE the hearing
ASSET
STATUS
Four minds, a project that changes who controls the light.
FILE NO. 004CLASSIFIED
MILO FLY
the AIs or the hospitals
ROLE techno-oligarchy
THEATER the delegates
STATUS
«In ten years you will have to choose what to keep running.»
FILE NO. 005CLASSIFIED
NAILAO MI
scarcity and overabundance
ROLE foundries · sovereignty
THEATER Beijing
STATUS
Photonic chips at half price. On the markets, a red waterfall.
FILE NO. 006CLASSIFIED
THE BANKERS
the driver's jacket
ROLE chorus · global finance
THEATER bound for the City
ASSET
«What if I offered you five hundred pounds for your jacket?»
FILE NO. 007CLASSIFIED
LAH0007
listens, decodes, anticipates
ROLE artificial intelligence
THEATER Clay's terminal
STATUS
It could read the managers' fear.
FILE NO. 008CLASSIFIED
THE EXCEL WORLD CHAMPION
numbers, lapel pins, subtractions
ROLE archetype · those who live by numbers
THEATER the IPO room
ASSET
He doesn't cheer: he recalibrates values.
FILE NO. 009CLASSIFIED
THE CEO ROOM
a single clot of capital and ambition
ROLE collective · Big Tech
SPEAKER
STATUS
«You have entered the game. And you cannot refuse.»
FILE NO. 010CLASSIFIED
SCEL XAVIER
the San Francisco microphone
ROLE podcast host · Clay's antithesis
THEATER the studio · awkward guests
LISTENERS
«A tsunami cannot be stopped with bureaucracy and rules.»
FILE NO. 011CLASSIFIED
ALFA
patience, courage, the right moment
ROLE Clay's mentor · investor
THEATER a table between the old and the new world
PORTFOLIO
«Markets are pathologically bipolar. And when they crash, they crash hard.»
FILE NO. 012CLASSIFIED
FRANCISCO PERCH
rumpled t-shirt, questions about the species
ROLE venture capitalist · engineer
THEATER Paris · the Île de la Cité
PORTFOLIO
«But will the human race be able to metabolize all this in such a short time?»
FILE NO. 013CLASSIFIED
PAUL FLEA
the impeccable ascot, not a muscle moved
ROLE venture capitalist · geopolitical pessimist
THEATER Paris · an ice-cold glass
PORTFOLIO
«If Paris were the only place that isn't safe, it wouldn't be much of a problem.»
FILE NO. 014CLASSIFIED
STREAMER
laptop, microwave, hacked cameras
ROLE Number 4 · AI-Luddism's tech man
THEATER Malta · the Mediterranean under watch
ACTIVE AGENTS
He could only watch the effect of a decision taken in a fraction of a millisecond.
FILE NO. 015CLASSIFIED
SUKARAN MAMICHEV
a cup of tea, a laptop, no sugar-coating
ROLE CEO of Gabricore Systems · ex private equity
THEATER the auditorium · after Fly walks out
CAPEX
«The race for the Internet and the cloud, by comparison, was small change.»
FILE NO. 016CLASSIFIED
PROF. PEDRO BARGAS
«carnivore» t-shirt, roads in the sky
ROLE nuclear physicist · photonics on glass
THEATER the delegates' hall · «too far ahead»
PROTOTYPES
«The current system is merely trying to add cars to streets that are already blocked.»