BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Economic Corner 36 02/28/2026 DTSTAMP:20260301T041214Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:664-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Of computers\, fiscal quality and nonfinancial revenues.. ..\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Computers\n\n\n\n I saw the following from Ann Miche lle Thurmond\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n \n 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘂 𝘀𝗲 | 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 \n\nLast week’s Legal Tech post explored how acceleration exposes struct ural gaps that were easier to ignore at slower speeds.\n\nThis week\, I wa nt to stay with that thread\; because in many organizations\, the first vi sible symptom isn’t failure.\n\nIt’s workaround behavior.\n\nIn my exp erience working across projects where timelines were tight and expectation s didn’t slow down\, teams didn’t resist governance. They improvised a round it.\n\nNot out of defiance. Out of necessity .\n\n𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 is often framed as a compliance i ssue. \nMore often\, it’s a design signal.\n\nWhen people discover tools that help them deliver faster\, and the sanctioned path can’t keep pace \, work flows toward the path of least friction.\n\nDeadlines don’t wait for policy updates.\n\nOver time\, this creates invisible decision-making layers:\n\n• Outputs that look consistent \n• Processes that aren ’t \n• Assumptions that aren’t shared \n• Risk that isn’t visibl e \n\nTwo teams may appear aligned while relying on entirely different inp uts or methods.\n\nThat erodes comparability\, traceability\, and trust -- quietly at first.\n\nSimply lifting restrictions doesn’t solve it.\n\nW ithout standards\, sanctioned tools can produce the same fragmentation at scale.\n\nThe deeper question isn’t:\n\n“How do we stop people from us ing AI?”\n\nIt’s:\n\n“What capability gap are they trying to close t hat we haven’t designed for yet?”\n\nGovernance that creates safe\, us able pathways tends to reduce shadow behavior far more effectively than pr ohibition.\n\n𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁:\n\nIf shadow AI disappeared tomorrow\, would that mean the problem w as solved? \n\nOr that innovation pressure had nowhere to go?\n\nComment b elow with your thoughts. Let’s talk about it.\n\n AI After the Applause \nDecision Velocity\, Engineered.\n\nhashtag#AIStrategy hashtag#OperatingM odel hashtag#Governance hashtag#ShadowAI\n\n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https: //www.linkedin.com/posts/amthurmond_aistrategy-operatingmodel-governance-a ctivity-7431680492623638528-Z9je?utm_source=share&\;utm_medium=member_d esktop&\;rcm=ACoAAC9jwHcBhMdyfurNH2JmdlAPjJgXHivmWR8\n\n\n\n My Reply\n \n\n\n yeah\, exactly\, computers are here\, no matter the power level\, a nd definitely at the level called AI. So the issue is how to use them. And in the usa i argue\, the same model is being used as in the gold/oil rush es. most are spending money on tech they can't afford or will cost them ev entually\, like land deeds or spikes. The profiteers are the ones providin g services and buying and reselling or leasing products. but they are also learning the better practices. it is a hands on approach. \nhttps://www.l inkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431680492623638528?commentUrn=urn %3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7431680492623638528%2C7431858195385659392% 29&\;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287431858195385659392%2Cu rn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7431680492623638528%29\n\nRichard\, the “rush” an alogy really lands. There’s definitely a lot of spending happening befor e the long-term costs and tradeoffs are clear.\nWhat feels different this time is that AI isn’t just a resource\; it’s reshaping how the work it self happens. The winners will be the ones experimenting hands-on and stay ing disciplined about value and sustainability.\nAppreciate you adding thi s perspective.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:74316 80492623638528?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7431680492623 638528%2C7431858195385659392%29&\;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28acti vity%3A7431680492623638528%2C7431864362157379584%29&\;dashCommentUrn=ur n%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287431858195385659392%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7431 680492623638528%29&\;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%28743186436 2157379584%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7431680492623638528%29\n\nexactly\, we all can see AI formation while a counter AI formation:) occurring simultan eously because the tools are changing the methodologies in the labor indus try which was imbalanced before the modern tools so is growing abstractly https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7431680492623638528?c ommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A7431680492623638528%2C743185819 5385659392)&\;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A743168049262363 8528%2C7432139535507136512)&\;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A( 7431858195385659392%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7431680492623638528)&\;dash ReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(7432139535507136512%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivi ty%3A7431680492623638528)\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Fiscal Quality\n\n \n\n Recently\, Netflix dropped the bid for Warner bros and I think Netfli x will be the better for it. Focus on original content. Yes\, stockholders love the idea of owning intellectual properties that come with fans. But\ , Warner Bros still has a lot of debt. Remember\, AOL owned Warner Bros\, then AT&\;T owned Warner Bros\, then AT&\;T sold warner bros under s peculative[ which means by appearance not strict value of assers] market r ate with the caveat that Discovery channel absorb all the debt. AT&\;T got debt off its books and whipped it hands clean of a very large + not pr ofitable firm. Discovery channel for me was always looking to sell. How co uldn't selling be the main focus with so much debt. netflix wanted to by a part of Warner BRos/Discovery\, not the whole thing\, which I imagine wou ld had erased or deleted the amount of debt absorbed. Skydance which is a holding firm will basically put the debt into the global\, and in my view inevitably catastrophic\, debt market.  And this is absent even knowing i f skydance will be approved. I think Netflix plus Disney are the big winne rs. Disney for having a late comer to its strategy that is spending wildly only growing disney's specualtive value by leaps and bounds. Disney is al ready ahead of processing itself\, Skydance will have a lot to do. Netflix can focus on original content and I argue\, make smart deals with creator s in Europe or Asia for properties very popular in Europe or Asia. Yes\, t he too big too fail business model will maintain till the inevitable colla pse of the entire market revolving around failing large firms. But it isn' t wise to invest in it.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Article\n\n\n\n Netflix drops $ 83 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery\, paving way for Paramount Skyda nce deal\nBy Megan Cerullo\nUpdated on: February 27\, 2026 / 6:04 PM EST / MoneyWatch\nNetflix said on Thursday that it will not match Paramount Sky dance's latest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery\, clearing the way for a mas sive merger that could shake up the entertainment and media industry. \n\n Netflix agreed in December to buy part of Warner Bros. Discovery for $27.7 5 a share\, or $82.7 billion. But Paramount Skydance had made a $30 a shar e all-cash offer to buy all of the company\, and on Tuesday raised its off er for Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 a share\, valuing the deal at roughly $110 billion (Paramount Skydance owns CBS News).\n\nEarlier on Thursday\, Warner Bros. Discovery's board of directors notified Netflix that Paramou nt's $31 per share offer constituted a \"superior proposal\" for the compa ny.\n\n\"The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder valu e with a clear path to regulatory approval\,\" Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarando s and Greg Peters said in a statement Thursday. \"However\, we've always b een disciplined\, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer\, the deal is no longer financially attractive\, so we are de clining to match the Paramount Skydance bid.\"\n\nDavid Ellison\, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance\, said in a statement that joining forces w ith Warner Bros. Discovery will benefit viewers\, investors and other stak eholders. \n\n\"By bringing together these world-class studios\, our compl ementary streaming platforms and the extraordinary talent behind them\, we will create even greater value for audiences\, partners and shareholders — and we couldn't be more excited for what's ahead\,\" he said.\n\nDavid Zaslav\, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery\, said in a statemen t that the company pushed to \"secure a transaction that maximizes the val ue of our iconic assets and our century-old studio while delivering as muc h certainty as possible for our investors.\"\n\nSarandos meeting with Trum p admin officials\nSarandos spoke with several Trump administration offici als — but not with President Trump — on Thursday.\n\nThe Netflix execu tive had a meeting at the White House with Mr. Trump's chief of staff\, Su sie Wiles and\, earlier in the day\, he met at the Justice Department with Attorney General Pam Bondi\, the antitrust division's acting chief\, Omee d Assefi\, and other senior Justice Department staff\, according to source s familiar with the conversations.\n\nJustice Department officials told Sa randos they expected to conduct a very comprehensive antitrust investigati on into the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal\, sources told CBS News. \ n\nWarner Bros. Discovery owns streaming and film studios\, along with cab le channels including CNN\, Food Network\, HBO\, HGTV\, TBS\, TNT and Turn er Classic Movies.\n\nThe merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Di scovery will require approval from federal antitrust enforcers.\n\nParamou nt Skydance executives have said that combining the companies would benefi t consumers and help boost the entertainment industry\, which has struggle d to recover from the pandemic. \n\nSome entertainment industry groups and lawmakers have raised concerns that uniting two major Hollywood studios c ould undermine competition. \n\nFor its part\, Paramount Skydance executiv es argued that a union between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery\, which owns the streaming platform HBO Max\, was likely to raise antitrust object ions.\n\nIn enhancing its offer this week\, Paramount Skydance said it wou ld pay a $7 billion termination fee if its acquisition of Warner Bros. Dis covery collapsed over regulatory concerns. \n\nEdited by Alain Sherter\n\n Jennifer Jacobs and The Associated Press contributed to this report.\n\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://www.cbsnews.com/news/n etflix-warner-paramount-skydance-deal/\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Nonfinancial Rev enues\n\n\n\n The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran has been murdered by t he USA + Israel governments. In my lifetime I have noticed the USA murder and bully more and more leaders of governments publicly\, not the nineteen hundreds secret operation style\, more straight. Saddam Hussein\, whose s ons were murdered before him\, cursed the USA before he was hanged. Khadda fi whose daughter was murdered by the USA before him\, was dragged by segm ents of the Libyan people  \, fully armed + financed by the United States of America using intermediaries or Statian satraps like Israel if need be . The last Assad survived raising the stakes and is in exile in Russia. No w\, the current Ayatollah has been murdered. \n\n\n\n One thing people fo rget is most human beings have loving ones. Vendetta or revenge is a very dangerous thing\, the human imagination is very creative\, the seeds plant ed by the united states of america post jim crow 1980 to today\, are very interesting. The one thing most dangerous about said seeds is that they ar e not financial in nature\, which means they will not be able to be bought or paid \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n POST URL\n\n\n\n Which is the best use of co mputers in your life?\n\n\n\n If someone would offer you one hundred milli on dollars but only if you could invest in the global debt market would yo u?\n\n\n\n Do you think revenge can be sated by fiscal capitalism? not mer ely in groups but also all individuals?\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n https://aalbc.c om/tc/topic/12563-the-crossroads-of-computers-failing-firms-or-revenge/\n\ n\n\n PRIOR EDITION\n\n\n\n Economic Corner 35 02/23/2026 - RMCommunityCal endar - African American Literature Book Club\n\n\n\n\n NEXT EDITION\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/675-economic-corner-37-03102026/\n\n\ n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n #economiccorner #ai #computer #netflix #dc #warn erbros #wb #skydance #paramount #cbs #speculation #truth #Ayatollah #Ali # Khamenei #iran #israel #usa #rmaalbc #aalbc #richardmurray #kobo #kwl #hdd eviant #deviantart #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr #blackartistoftumblr \n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260228 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR