Models and maps
I keep referring to these so putting them in one place for easy sharing.
Business & Childhood
LinkedIn won’t let me post a long comment in reply to a post from Jess Butcher, so posting it here instead. Good read. It’s inspiring to see …
Capitalism & musical chairs
Capitalism .. It’s like musical chairs. The trouble with that game is that most people spend their time not usefully participating* and the winners …
American exceptionalism, revisited
Pre GPT version: I think America has a fundamental need to Other. They’ve put such a strong emphasis on narrative when it comes to holding the …
Rail strikes
Instead of public transport strikes, have “fun & free travel” days. Everyone turns up to work, but no one charges, all the gates are …
A "one-hit-wonder party" to solve First Past The Post
Create a new party. It exists only to improve the rules of the game Draft laws in readiness, with public consultation Get elected Hold office for a …
Where does the civic get its power from?
WHAT****POWER FROM?*ENFORCERS / HOW IT ORGANISESMonarchy (old)Brute force, or Divine AppointmentKnights, barons etcReligionGodBishops, …
Everyone falls short.
Ever since eyes developed enough to see distance beyond the immediate we have had anticipatable time - and thus a future with more than one option - …
Regulating free speech on Twitter
Inspired by a recent whatsapp group chat, a few idle thoughts on how I’d approach free speech on Twitter / what I would do if I were Musk. Very …
Things I've been reading: 26th December 2021
Article 6 creates two kinds of carbon credits — what that means for business Using carbon credits toward corporate greenhouse gas emissions reductions …
Things I've been reading: 24th October 2021
Designing a Collaborative Computing System between Data Science and Engineering for Indigo Carbon IndigoAg has embarked on an ambitious project that …
Things I've been reading: 19th September 2021
Why Civilizations Collapse Why do civilizations collapse? This question bears not only on safeguarding our society’s future but also makes sense of …
Things I've been reading: 4th August 2021
Silent Letters: S oh S an iSland hides a secret from us spellers; it surrounds itself with sea then parades a leafy paradise of letters but keeps one …
Things I've been reading: 1st August 2021
Juliane Koepcke Juliane Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German Peruvian mammalogist. As a teenager …
Things I've been reading: 18th July 2021
How to Tell Whether You’ve Got Angst, Ennui, or Weltschmerz English has many words for the feelings that can arise when a good, hard look at the …
Things I've been reading: 4th July 2021
Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children – and they’re still happy Parenting is one of life’s greatest joys, right? Not …
Things I've been reading: 30th May 2021
What if Britain had Lost the Battle Above its Skies in WWII? The most likely result of German victory and the success of Operation Sea Lion would have …
Things I've been reading: 17th January 2021
Gulag The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union. 16307 words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag How …
Things I've been reading: 3rd January 2021
Gulag The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union. 16307 words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag How …
Things I've been reading: 30th December 2020
Gulag The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union. 16248 words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag Tools …
Some of the books I've read in 2020
The most recommended are in bold, with some exposition on the most mentionable. Best book of the year: The Ministry for the Future History / now—ish …
Things I've been reading: 27th December 2020
The Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News and Analysis Ad Coronavirus An EMT pauses while loading a stretcher back into an ambulance …
Things I've been reading: 20th December 2020
The Power of Local Women: An Innovative Social Capital Model Addresses Rural Financial Inclusion in India During COVID-19 Editor’s note: This article …
Things I've been reading: 16th August 2020
Tracing Trump’s grievance-fueled crusade against the USPS Election 2020 Tracing Trump’s grievance-fueled crusade against the USPS His attempts to make …
Dowding''s Law: "The United States is such an outlier that it should not be used as a normative data-point.
“The United States is such an outlier that it can no longer be used as a normative data-point for Western civilisation.” America now is …
What open source hardware do we need next?
Now the world’s engineers have brilliantly created thousands of designs for open source ventilators (bringing the cost down by 2 orders or …
Civilisation Continuity Planning
I was thinking about how governments respond to ‘surge capacity’ issues like this. Part of the reason they don’t drill for BIG …
Love: is it the absence of fear?
I’ve struggled with the word ’love’ since forever. A word which can describe a feeling for which you will give your all, and then …
Things I've been reading (March 2018 - now)
I meant to make this weekly but realised I wasn’t reading enough each week. In the August inbox cleanse, here are some of the more interesting …
Begin.
The bank of the far shore is beautiful, but the turbulent river hides all but a few stepping stones. Courage. More will appear as you move. Ed …