Could an AI Have Suggested that the Earth Is Not at the Centre of the Universe?
Deviant thinking is on the decline as AI mirrors consensus instead of challenging it, making us more homogeneous and complacent toward power.
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Systemic Entropy and Power: Explaining the Breakdown of World Order
A theory of social systems, entropy, and power that explains the shifting world order and how the banking-state system may be adapting.
Read more...From the Narrative Collapse, a New World Will Emerge: Will It Be Different?
In the information age, it is difficult to make sense of events. Endless amounts of information do not necessarily coalesce into a coherent narrative with explanatory meaning. The breakdown of the international order is precipitating the emergence of different narratives that engender competing truths. The German writer Goethe said: “When eras are on the decline, […]
Read more...Venezuela Symbolizes for the U.S. What Palestine Does for Israel
The ideological currents behind U.S. aggression against Venezuela and Israel’s war on Palestine are the same: Yoram Hazony’s neo-nationalism
Read more...Bill Gates Wants to Set the Environmental Agenda Ahead of COP30: It’s Not Surprising
Bill Gates’s bid to reframe the environmental agenda suggests it’s often set top-down, serving a particular set of interests, in this case, AI
Read more...Sudan War: Gold, a Key Port, and Two Armies With No Legitimate Claim
Sudan is being ripped apart by a conflict fueled by gold, international interest in a port on the Red Sea and two factions with no legitimacy.
Read more...How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy
Rethinking economics through Taoism: Money is the Tao, capital & labor are Yin/Yang, and the Invisible Hand is Wu-Wei (non-interference)
Read more...Reward and Retribution Is the New U.S. Policy for Latin America
Reward and retribution is the U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Dollars for allies (Argentina) and bombs for challengers (Venezuela)
Read more...Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context
Nothing exists in a vacuum. This is especially true when trying to understand the Middle East. There is no event that happens in this region that isn’t related to its overall direction. The recent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be read in that light. When asked to explain what is happening between these two […]
Read more...Europe Is Not a State; That Is Why It Is at War With Russia
The euro’s problem is that the European Union is not a state — and war is the fastest way to become one.
Read more...With Venezuela and Iran, Is the U.S. Trying to Revive the Petrodollar?
Control over Venezuela and Iran’s oil can revive the petrodollar. The U.S. pushes regime change to dictate oil currency and maintain hegemony.
Read more...From Al-Qaeda to Antifa: “Phantom Terror” Turned Inward and the Rise of a New State
Politics begins by naming an enemy; the state depends on it. Calling Antifa “terrorist” could be the tool to redefine both politics and power
Read more...Israel’s Attack on Qatar Shows What Gulf States Have Yet to Grasp
It’s a cruel irony that Qatar has been bombed twice in the last three months by two sworn enemies, first by Iran and then by Israel. Neither has received kinetic retaliation from the very power supposedly guaranteeing Qatar’s security: the U.S. This signals a shift in the world order that Israel has already understood, but […]
Read more...If There Is No Welfare State, What Will Europe’s Social Contract Be?
The welfare state is the underlying social contract that has kept Western European nation-states together since World War II. If it ends, as some politicians warn, what would replace it?
Read more...The Alliance Among Washington, Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley
A new power system has emerged with the alliance among Washington, Tel Aviv, and Silicon Valley: the military-digital complex, and Gaza is its testing ground.
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