Ed Conway on the Fragile World of Global Trade
THE SO WHAT
The reminder that global supply chains are both vast and fragile should push tech operators to treat logistics, rare components, and cross-border data flows as first-class risk categories. Map your single points of failure now—especially where hardware, cloud regions, or regulatory regimes concentrate exposure.
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