The Threat from Technology Insurgents

Two recent articles in this publication specifically caught my eye and set in progress the compilation of this article. The first, ITSA Hits Back Over Tax Stamp Criticism, appeared in the June 2020 edition followed by Blockchain and Excise Supply Chains: Hype, Conjecture and Reality, in July.

I would like to venture a complementary point of view but take a different perspective. Imagining myself as a technology insurgent, I would like to look at how I would consider entry into our industry.

At this point I should make my own perspective plain. I have a printing background but I attend a lot of emerging technology conferences. I also witnessed first-hand the effect of technology insurgency when it all but destroyed the photo printing industry.