Complexity

Time for a more radical Europe

Time for a more radical Europe

Last fall, Italian economist Mario Draghi, former head of the European Central Bank (ECB), published his 400-page report on Europe’s (actually the EU’s) competitiveness.

The Great Compliance Leap Forward: EU Repeats Mao’s Worst Mistakes

The Great Compliance Leap Forward: EU Repeats Mao’s Worst Mistakes

Europe’s economic framework requires restructuring grounded in realism. The Commission’s Competitiveness Compass, alas, reveals dangerous left-hemisphere dominance and risks repeating Mao’s mistakes.

On Car Seats and Censorship

On Car Seats and Censorship

Fertility rates in Western countries have fallen to historically low levels in recent years - not a single Western country had a fertility rate above the replacement rate in 2023.

Lost in the Haze: The Sense-Making Crisis

Lost in the Haze: The Sense-Making Crisis

Imagine a world where the very foundations of knowledge are in question.

Bitcoin and the waterwheel

Bitcoin and the waterwheel

Biologist Stuart Kauffman introduced the concept of the “adjacent possible” in evolutionary biology in 1996 .

WHO's omeletting our future?

WHO's omeletting our future?

The World Health Organization (WHO) is approaching revisions to its constitution.

Globalism is the real pandemic

Globalism is the real pandemic

TL;DR: Contrary to their stated goals, centralized solutions and globalism are poised to increase disaster risk, undermine knowledge production, impede economic growth, and hinder scientific progress.