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Apr
01

What Does it Mean to Be a Decent Person in an Indecent Age? Plus, Quantum Leaps in Human Consciousness, and Leadership in the 21st Century

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10 min read
Mar
31

Sunday Open Thread

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Mar
28

A Few Predictions for the Next Decade, Our Responsibility Now, Plus a Little Conversation With... My Mom

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8 min read
Mar
27

How Close Are We to Catastrophic Climate Change? Plus, The World is Made of Tail Risk, and Is AI Making us Dumber?

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Mar
26

Did Trump Just Get Bailed Out? Plus, Why the Authoritarians Are One Step Ahead of Democracy, and the Path Back to the Presidency

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9 min read
Mar
26

How Would You Describe the First Quarter of the 21st Century? Plus, Lost Decades, and The Mistakes History Will Say We’re Making

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7 min read
Mar
23

A Decade in American Collapse, Plus “It Can’t Happen Here,” and a Trump Re-Election

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7 min read
Mar
22

Are We in the Early Stages of Civilizational Collapse? Plus, the Future of the Economy, and Why the World is Going Crazy

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Mar
18

The Horror of Gaza, the Nature of Power, and Existential Humiliation

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Mar
17

Leadership in the Age of Collapse, Why the Media Hates Biden, and Why Dark Charisma Rules the World

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