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May 30, 2021
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N JEFFREY/DARK ENERGY COLLABORATION / BBC

On my mind this week.

This week, the emerging potential information on Dark Matter and its mapping have intrigued me. Here is something that we think comprises eighty per cent of the Universe, which we do not understand, and on which our day to day existence depends. I have massive respect for the scientists pursuing this who are quite prepared to say that everything they have believed up to this point may be wrong and who are quite ready and excited to start over.

It led me to think about the dark matter of business. We have a traditional view of what it looks like, with many theories about how it works and innumerable models to show us the structure. Despite that, it still doesn't work how we believe it should and regularly behaves in a way we think it shouldn't - economically, legally and socially. Our ability to predict business is way behind our ability to predict the weather, and we are reduced to after the event examination in search of le…

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