How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

The piece describes World Monitor, a platform that ingests about 190 vetted sources and physical signals (e.g., internet outages, diverted flights, satellite heat signatures) to detect and predict geopolitical escalations by applying a source-credibility hierarchy and a convergence algorithm; multiple distinct signals in the same geography trigger higher-confidence alerts, while the author notes risks and blind spots from reducing human editorial oversight.