Reuven Brenner formerly held the Repap Chair at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management and serves on the board of governors of IEDM. The article draws on Brenner’s History – the Human Gamble (U of Chicago Press, 1983); "How to Relink 7 Billion People" (American Affairs, 2019, and "Can We Educate Anti-Semitism Away" (Law & Liberty, March 2023) – all published before the October 7, 2023 events.