‘Fake it till you make it’ fails: a lesson from complexity theory
Collapse is a misunderstood word. Most people imagine fire and chaos, apocalypse! But collapse, as Tainter showed, is rarely violent. It's what happens when a system becomes too
Geopolitics through the lens of ambiguity, influence, and deniable power.
Collapse is a misunderstood word. Most people imagine fire and chaos, apocalypse! But collapse, as Tainter showed, is rarely violent. It's what happens when a system becomes too
Reflections on identity, modernity, and the art of coherence.
We throw these words around so much that they start losing meaning... Everything is "fascist" now: a boss, a law, a politician. If everything is fascist, then nothing
When I was a kid, buying the baguette was my favorite adventure! I'd go to the closest boulangerie with a few coins in francs. The baguette was cheap
Short answer: NO. It feels like every week we face a new "Black Swan". A drone attack, an assassination, a war, a financial scare, a pandemic, a political
How a rule designed to protect dialogue became a cloak for invisible power.
On June 6th, Polymarket (a decentralized prediction market) officially became the prediction partner of X. The announcement was brief... even casual. But for those of us who operate in the
NVIDIA has quietly become the single most consequential company on Earth. Let me explain. 1. NVIDIA is the engine of AI OpenAI, Meta, Tesla, Amazon, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft... they
The recent escalation between India and Pakistan following the deadly attack in Pahalgam is not another chapter in their historic rivalry... It signals something deeper... and disturbing in its timing
I did not plan to write this one tonight, but... Something deeply significant happened in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. It was much more than a diplomatic summit or a
This is how the cynical game of international alliances works. But what is an alliance? A temporary contract. A convergence of interests. Nothing more. Popular narratives suggest alliances are based
This attack coincided with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s diplomatic visit to India. While shocking, such timing isn't accidental... it's part of a clear historical pattern: a strategic modus operandi used repeatedly by terrorist groups worldwide.