Global Business Network

Last updated January 2, 2026

”I’m a member of something called the Global Business Network, which is a scenario-spinning organization that has corporate and sometimes government clients. [This organization studies] illegal facilitators-crime families that specialize in smuggling across a particular border. They don’t care what they’re smuggling-if they’ve got enough money, they’ll smuggle whatever it is. This is a big worry for nationstates.” (Patrick A. Smith, Conversations With William Gibson)

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William Gibson

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