"There is so much more uncertainty and volatility in a world that is moving fast with big countries that are more at odds with each other and with fewer rules of the road that leaders, companies, and societies are adhering to."

The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.

"We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently," journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.

In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.