How to answer the question behind the question
What to do when you’re asked the wrong question
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REFLECTIONS
Power, influence, humanity.
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Why 99% who call themselves "leaders" are not
"Leader". One of the most overused words in business, politics, and social media. Everyone with a title, a team, or a bank account now calls themselves a leader.
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Department of War: one word, infinite consequences
The United States has just restored the name Department of War. A single word. But if you follow my work, you know that language is never neutral, it's
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Have we ever truly governed anything?
A Grey Zone Reflection on Control, Complexity, and Collapse
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Reality begins before words: pre-rational intelligence explained
You know that strange moment: when you know something… but you can't explain it. You can't put it into words. It's not logic, not
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Why Pythagoras' theorem might be the most practical lesson you ever earned
I recently saw a viral post on LinkedIn. Someone wrote: “Why did we waste time at school learning Pythagoras’ theorem? Completely useless. I wish I had learned personal finance, relationships,
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Why LOVE makes us so vulnerable (HUMINT perspective)
A Strategic Reflection on Biology, HUMINT, and Human Nature
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Karl Marx did not see AI coming
What if Karl Marx was right but for the wrong reasons? In this powerful reflection, Oriane Cohen revisits "Capital" through the lens of AI, strategic thinking, and the rise of mental inequality.
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"Rewriting the entire corpus of human knowledge": what Elon Musk is doing (Quantum Framework™)
A quantum lens on timelines, memory, and the architecture of truth
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Inside the people, outside the state: the diaspora paradox
I’ve always had a special connection to the topic of diasporas. Because I am a kid of diaspora. I grew up with this feeling of being "in"
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a more personal message to my readers: or how to speak to an international audience
When I first decided to write and express myself publicly, I chose English. It's not my native language, but it is the "global language". People often
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Why the East studies power, and why the West... hides from it
A comparative dissection of power consciousness across civilizations. This is not about East vs. West. It’s about lucidity vs. denial. The word power makes people uncomfortable in the West.
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