politics

Catastrophe Bonds: How Wall Street Prices Our Disasters

Every hurricane season the ritual repeats: a governor steps to the mic, announces billions “secured on the capital markets,” and declares the state…

15 hrs ago •

What The News Could Be

You open your phone to check the news; twenty minutes later you’re overstimulated and underinformed.

Apr 18 •

Emergent Universality vs Top-Down Healthcare

While conventional thinking holds that only big bureaucracies can deliver universal healthcare, anarchist practices illustrate a very different path…

Apr 6 •

"Why Can’t They Just Die Already?"

Why Waiting for Boomers to Disappear Won’t Save Us

Apr 4 •

Is Honesty an Expensive Hobby?

When does cunning becomes a strategic choice? Or, why are shitty people so wealthy?

Apr 3 •

Refusability is the Future of Design

Why “No” Makes Every “Yes” More Real

Apr 2 •

Will the World Deserve Our Kids?

We Grew Up Asking If We’d Get To Have Kids. Now We’re Asking If We Even Should.

Mar 30 •

The Spectacle of Fraud

Real Cheaters Slip Away While the Vulnerable Get Flagged

Mar 29 •

How I Think About AGI

AI won’t rescue us from our own willingness to discard people—it just magnifies it.

Mar 27 •

Cynicism is an Adjustable Shield

We live in an environment flooded with illusions.

Mar 27 •

I Am Expensive and So Are You

Are You Afraid of Being Too Big An Ask?

Mar 25 •

Nobody is Too Expensive

Once you label entire groups “too expensive,” friction-based eugenics is always just one step away

Mar 24 •

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