"In absolutes, we may lose our way… The patterns could guide and they could trap. One had to remember that patterns change."- Frank Herbert   Children of Dune The New Power The past century has been about soft power. Those who had brains and influence conquered the old brutes who had the hard power. Software companies became more valuable than energy companies. Yet, the confluence of AI, stablecoins/crypto, EVs, and deglobalization may be reversing that reversal. And that mat