It is a beautiful spring morning, the birds are singing as the sun shines gently down on the playground. Donald, an enterprising 10 year old is keen to demonstrate his business acumen to his manfluencer friends. “Hey boys, watch me art o...
1. At the bottom of the tower are the workers and consumers.They’re the foundation; the people whose labour and spending keep everything upright.2. At the top are the wealthy.They benefit when the whole structure grows.3. In a healthy econom...
Are you feeling sad, anxious, or inexplicably furious at the state of the world? Please be assured: Your distress has absolutely nothing to do with: accelerating climate breakdownobscene concentrations of wealthpolitical systems that treat hum...
Public service announcement Good afternoon, citizens. This is a gentle reminder that your ongoing discomfort, exhaustion, and deep sense of meaninglessness are not only normal; they are essential nutrients for the continued wellbeing of ...
I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how lucky I am. This blog often critiques power; sometimes with satire, sometimes with teeth; but I don’t take for granted the freedom I have to write it. I live in a liberal democracy. I can post, p...
Why does Donad Trump want Greenland? So he can get more ICE why did Trump pull out of the UNFCCC? because he prefers his own ICE
When I took office, I made it simple. No more endless wars. No more foreign entanglements. We were gonna put our country first. Make it great again. Strong borders, strong deals, strong men. That’s what I said. That’s what they loved. ...
It was a time in which people lost faith in institutions. People believed that all politicians were as bad as each other. People just wanted a change. People thought the press was biased, that the courts were biased that the whole system was in ne...
verse1What shall we do with the drunken CEOWhat shall we do with the drunken CEOWhat shall we do with the drunken CEOProfits in the morning Chorus Hoo ray the sea level risesHoo ray the sea level risesHoo ray the planets in crisis P...
There was a machine. It had one job: make the number go up.The number was $. The machine didn’t ask why.It didn’t need to.Optimization was its purpose.The rest was noise. And oh, how it optimized. It streamlined supply chains b...
💎 Welcome to Post-Scarcity Living™ Where abundance is exclusive, and scarcity is for everyone else. What Is Post-Scarcity? It’s the future — but only for those who can afford it. Unlimited access to resourcesAI-powered ev...
The Official Guide to Coping With Civilization’s Collapse (Because nothing says “structural change” like scented candles) Feeling overwhelmed? Inequality grinding you down?Climate collapse looming over your future?Wars ragi...
Are you overweight, stressed, glued to your phone, and convinced it’s all your fault? Good news: it is… but only because billion-dollar industries have spent decades weaponising your instincts against you. In this groundbreaking gui...
The replicator would require a subscription the holodeck would have ads and the prime directive would be… When meeting primitive civilisations, make contact in order to extract as much wealth as possible from them ...
IT’S HUMAN NATURE Have you ever battled that urge to own up to your own shortcomings? Quit fighting biology. It’s Human Nature hands you the ultimate playbook for branding every impulse—no matter how embarrassing—as immut...
Interviewer: Mr. Bodhi-Crunch, your company’s products have been linked to rising rates of heart disease, obesity, and existential dread. How do you respond? CEO: Ah, yes. The suffering. The samsara of sodium. But you see, our crisps are n...
Economist: You see, Timmy, the beauty of capitalism is that everyone wins. The supermarket profits, so you get food. The farmer profits, so crops are grown. Profit equals value. Student: Oh! So when the pharmaceutical company profits from insuli...
Alex: Hi, Chinese Room. Chinese Room: Hi there, what would you like to talk about today? Alex: Well, I heard that you don’t understand what I am saying. You use a gigantic script of pre-written responses to reply in a rote manner to ever...
By Dr. Cornelius Hoofwoof, Horse Economist, The Equine Herald A Legacy of Prosperity Since the first stirrings of domestication, every leap in human technology has only magnified equine opportunity. From the invention of the horse collar&mdash...
Improving at chess is hard and I wanted to talk about why... in the game above I was totally winning and after 15. b4 I was crushing it however I did not spot the correct next move 16. f4 this allowed bxh2+ in my disappointment I did not proper...
Was a bit tired last night and played carelessly I was lucky to come away from these games at net 0 for the night. I learned some important lessons. 1 - it is really easy to rush when you think you are in theory but this is really bad, of course...
Hi anyone who reads this I've decided to document my chess improvement journey a bit in the hope that by publishing my training games I will force myself to try harder. My current focus is on reducing the number of mistakes I make. I still ha...
