So, while you sing hosannas about gigabytes, algorithms and AI, bad ole oil is reclaiming its seat at the cool kids’ table. Forget about data centres, let’s get heavy about drilling rigs and pipelines and frack around a bit. Move over, tech nerds; the new-age oil barons are the new geeks in town, swapping lines of code for barrels of crude.
This catchphrase isn’t just a linguistic twist – it’s a nod to the evolving power dynamics of global economics. Oil – whether it’s Opec, Nopec or Russian, regains its swagger, strutting down the runway of relevance. Forget about virtual reality, it’s the real reality of barrels and prices that’s making the waves again. If you’re still stuck with ‘Data is the new oil,’ honey, you need to be (oil) slick.