Mercenaries: the bastards of the system
when a system can no longer hold itself together
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Power architectures
How power actually organizes beneath institutions, networks, and elites.
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The Grey Zone is the only anthropological constant in the history of power.
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The Antichrist has no throne: why fluid power requires fluid restraint (a response to Joe Lonsdale)
A few days ago I read a piece by Joe Lonsdale: “Taking Thiel Seriously on the Antichrist.” It did something very rare these days: it made me stop and read
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How the LAW itself is part of the architecture of fraud
Modern crime is fast, distributed, and algorithmic... The law is not. And the gap between the two is now the most profitable space on Earth! The law was built to
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The future according to the elites (with Mehdi Nemri)
Conversation with Mehdi Nemri - Futurist, Mathematician
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Why intelligence never reaches the public (on the triad: intelligence, influence and leaks)
You think you want transparency? Try reading a real intelligence report... you would not sleep for a week!
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How to think the unthinkable: weak signals, extreme futures, and foresight (with Mehdi Nemri)
In the world of intelligence and strategy, everything starts with a simple mission: see what others don’t. We collect data. We track weak signals. We build scenarios. And sometimes, we DARE to anticipate the unexpected.
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The fluidity of power (or how societal spheres interconnect)
We live with a comforting illusion: that society’s core sectors are independent worlds. This segmentation is deceptive.
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