The need for greater oversight and accountability in our rapidly expanding digital world has acquired a relatively new angle thanks to globalization and geopolitics. In the rush to create market efficiencies, we usually don’t know or care where our oil and natural gas come from, where our food is grown, or where our phones are made—as long as the price is right. The benefits of this have been tremendous, with the latest smartphones, these hand-held supercomputers that only hit center stage in 2007, accessible to all.
