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Just what is says on the can. Thought patterns in a slightly more palatable format.
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The Ghost in the Graph, Pt. 2, or Why Winning Big Is the Fastest Way to Lose
Posted on: 2025-08-04
Every living system faces two existential threats: suicide by stability and dissolution into chaos. Understanding these failure modes is crucial for building resilient institutions.
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The Ghost in the Graph, Pt. 1: How Individual Beliefs Become Organizational Behavior
Posted on: 2025-07-30
How do individual beliefs scale up to create organizational behavior? The answer lies in understanding that our institutions aren't just collections of rules—they're living networks with emergent patterns.
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Why Facts Don’t Change Minds in the Culture Wars—Structure Does
Posted on: 2025-07-22
Why do facts bounce off some people? It’s not about logic; it’s about structure. Your worldview isn’t a list of opinions—it's a living network. And right now, it's at war.
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The AI Imperative: Why Europe Needs to Lead With Dignity-First AI
Posted on: 2025-07-13
Europe faces a perfect storm of demographic, geopolitical, and competitive pressures. This analysis argues that AI is not just an opportunity but a necessity for Europe's survival, and explores why Europe must lead with dignity-first AI to escape the strategic vise it's caught in.
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The Russian Template: How Moscow Packages Authoritarianism as Civilization
Posted on: 2025-07-08
A deep dive into the ideological architecture of the modern Russian state, from Putin's historical essays to Dugin's geopolitical theories, revealing a sophisticated organizational template competing for global influence.
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The Template War: Why Ukraine Invasion Is About Competing Ways to Be Human
Posted on: 2025-07-02
The war in Ukraine isn't just about territory, borders, or even geopolitics. It's a template war where competing organizational systems fight not just for land, but for the right to structure how human societies operate.
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From Noise to Meaning: How Life Turns Static into Story
Posted on: 2025-06-30
The universe is built in layers. Explore how raw static gives rise to structured patterns, and how life's 'Inside-Out Lens' activates them, turning inert blueprints into meaningful stories.
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Beyond the Hype: The Co-Author Revolution
Posted on: 2025-06-25
The AI conundrum isn't about consciousness, or thinking—it's about capability. Explore the semantic revolution, how AI became a co-author of reality, and what comes next.
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The Logic of Nonsense: What "National Bolshevism" Teaches Us About How Ideologies Compete
Posted on: 2025-06-24
Consider, for a moment, a flag: a stark red banner, the color of international revolution. In the center, a white circle reminiscent of the iconography of European fascism. And inside that circle, a black hammer and sickle, the symbol of Soviet Communism. From a conventional political science perspective, this flag is complete nonsense. It's a visual paradox, forcibly combining the fiercely irreconcilable symbols of the 20th century's most violently opposed ideologies. It represents National Bolshevism, a movement attempting to be both nationalist—a creed of the far-right obsessed with ethnic and cultural purity—and Bolshevik—a creed of the far-left built on class-based international revolution. When we try to analyze such an ideology as a coherent philosophy, we fail. It falls apart under the slightest logical scrutiny. And yet, this ideology has re-emerged multiple times over the last century.
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Your Reality Isn't Mine: A User's Guide to the 'Inside-Out Lens'
Posted on: 2025-06-16
Have you ever been in an argument with someone—a friend, a partner, a family member—where you feel like you're speaking different languages? You're both looking at the same set of facts, the same situation, but the conclusions you're drawing are from entirely different universes. What if there were a mechanism that explains why our realities are so stubbornly unique?
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From Your Pocket to the Polls: A Different Way to See the Systems That Run Us
Posted on: 2025-06-14
Have you ever felt that familiar buzz from your pocket, reached for your phone, and found it silent and still? It wasn't a real notification, but the sensation was unmistakable. You have subconsciously waited for it, and it manifested itself in your reality. It was a phantom signal—a message generated entirely by your own brain, anticipating a connection. Or perhaps you've found yourself unlocking your phone, swiping through screens, and closing it again without a single conscious thought, almost as if your hand had a mind of its own.