{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steven Bleistein","provider_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja","author_name":"cd20sbrelansa22","author_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/author\/cd20sbrelansa22\/","title":"The Black Ships in the Harbor Again - Steven Bleistein","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"H3VWN9UZaj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/2026\/08\/the-black-ships-in-the-harbor-again\/\">\u518d\u3073\u3001\u6e2f\u306b\u73fe\u308c\u305f\u9ed2\u8239<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/ja\/2026\/08\/the-black-ships-in-the-harbor-again\/embed\/#?secret=H3VWN9UZaj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Black Ships in the Harbor Again&#8221; &#8212; Steven Bleistein\" data-secret=\"H3VWN9UZaj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/stevenbleistein.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ocean.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"&gt;&gt; Click here to listen to this episode Prefer to listen to the podcast version of this article? Click above to listen in on my Growth Zone podcast. Recently, SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son stood in a Tokyo hotel ballroom and told Japan\u2019s top executives that AI-powered cyberattacks are coming. He compared the threat to being assaulted by machine guns instead of rifle shots. He invoked the Black Ships \u2014 U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Perry\u2019s arrival in 1853 \u2014 as a metaphor for what happens when a technologically superior external force arrives on your shores and you are not ready. It is a powerful metaphor. Son is not [&hellip;]"}