Solutions
AI, Money, Human Nature and the Problem with Problems
How we define “problems” also defines what we “understand” as a “solution,” and if our definition is circular, it’s delusional. Readers kindly point out I don’t understand either AI or human nature. I readily confess to having an imperfect understanding of AI and human nature, along with everything else. One thing […]
Why We’re Helpless When Things Break Down
Only then do we realize that by optimizing profit and efficiency, we’ve also optimized systemic failure. In my essay AI, Money, Human Nature and the Problem with Problems, I refer to boundary conditions but didn’t offer a thorough explanation of the role this concept plays in understanding not just how the world works but more […]
How Local Redundancy and Decentralization Can Save You from the Coming Collapse
There is a Solution for Survival The world is unraveling before our eyes. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed by Iranian mines and missiles, and the global energy artery that once pumped 20 million barrels of oil per day is now a clogged, contested waterway. As I have […]
Free Speech is About Individual Liberty, Not Viewpoint Discrimination
Supreme Court rulings are significant not only for their decision on who wins, but also for their reasoning. A victory for common sense may sometimes be pyrrhic if it benefits the party who wins the dispute but relies on reasoning that erodes individual liberty in the longer term. In that […]
The Next Indictment Should Be Against Greg Folkers
The Department of Justice does not need to wait for Dr. David Morens to turn on his colleagues; the evidence to charge the next key advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci is already in the public record. Greg Folkers was critical to the censorship operation at the heart of the Covid […]
Why Representative Democracy Is Obsolete
If we were to identify the most sacrosanct dogma of Western modernity—the one that no one questions—it would undoubtedly be representative democracy. We automatically assume that it is the best form of government that humanity has ever invented—a sort of “end of history” method of governance and the ultimate political […]
Mercantilism: China and Beyond
The self-liquidating nature of the mercantilist model cannot be reversed, it can only be managed as stagnation. Everyone is an expert now on China. Which to say, everyone has an opinion about China, and the majority of those opinions fall into simplistic Bull or Bear camps. As someone who has been […]
The Renaissance Path: A radical blueprint for self-reliance in a broken system
In an era where institutional trust is collapsing, student debt shackles millions and corporate conformity stifles individuality, “The Renaissance Path” emerges as a defiant manifesto for those seeking true competence, freedom and purpose. This book is not just a rejection of modern academia—it’s a roadmap for reclaiming sovereignty over one’s […]
There is Nothing Social About Your Social Contract: Why Coercion Can Never Create Harmony
From vaporizing schools abroad to shielding elite predators at home, the state relies entirely on violence. True prosperity begins the moment we stop funding our own destruction. The concept of the “social contract” is perhaps the most successfully marketed lie in modern history, a phantom agreement you never signed that […]
Narrative Control
And Human Behavior Cross-posted by Smith Sense “How to make sense of the world today…” – Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing “Our human actions and reactions are not rooted in statistical data but are determined instead by emotions and sentiments — narratives drive our behaviour.” — Klaus Schwab, Covid-19: The Great Reset, p. […]
