Digital labour is becoming more common in the workplace. In Japan, the Henn-na Hotel is staffed almost entirely by robots – from check-in to concierge, while in the UK, talent company Adecco Group has used agentic AI for tasks such as pre-screening of candidates. Meanwhile, AI-powered robots deployed by police patrol public areas and interact […]
Strange times, indeed, folks. Strange times. Should we be concerned? I think so. In the end, I am sure it will work out, but there will likely be a lot of time between now and the end. So, we will have to endure some pretty radical changes during that time. […]
The bull market in hard assets is accelerating, NOT slowing down. Gold first cleared $3,800 per ounce on September 26th, 2025. Today, less than two weeks later, it’s over $3,900 per ounce. Gold is not the only hard asset ripping higher, either. Silver was below $46 two weeks ago. Today […]
Intelligent terminals and AI agents will be everywhere. The Chinese State Council released its bold new plan: AI+. AI+ is a state-driven technology initiative that aims to transform every aspect of Chinese society with AI. This ten-year plan pushes to embed AI in six strategic domains, and rather than one-off […]
You cannot become a high-level pundit, politician or political operative in either mainstream party without being an evil piece of shit. It’s part of the job description, because the job requires you to make excuses for the abuses of a globe-spanning empire which is fueled by human blood. Notes From […]
From theory and small-scale tests to reality, will fusion ever scale? US Energy Secretary Chris White says Nuclear Fusion Will Soon Power the World. Don’t worry too much about planet-warming emissions, the US Energy Secretary has told the BBC, because within five years AI will have enabled the harnessing of nuclear […]
With over 30,000 reader reviews on Amazon, Michael Crichton’s bestselling sci-fi novel Jurassic Park (first published in 1990) has become a cultural sensation, spawning a series of successful movies, one of which is in cinemas in Japan as I write. Yet despite this dino-disaster movie popularity, most people have failed to heed […]
So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause. Martial law, Gun control, Nationalization of companies, and A Department of War dusted off and repackaged as “protection for the homeland.” So much for the “Peace President”, who recently pontificated his Operation Warpspeed as one the greatest military operations in the […]
The head of defense for Palantir Technologies says yes. Let’s discuss. Send the Students Home? In a WSJ Op-Ed writer Mike Gallagher says Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home Roughly 30% of Harvard’s student body is foreign. At Columbia, that share approaches 40%. America’s finest universities benefit from billions in government grants […]
America is cosplaying 1776 while walking straight into 1984 and everybody is clapping like seals, begging for more bread and circus while the house burns down around them. Everything’s a show, a production, a psychological operation so elaborate it doesn’t even need directors anymore—people are so programmed they produce the […]