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Philosophy vs. Policy: America’s Hidden Economic Civil War

In both macroeconomic theory and political philosophy, two dominant and deeply conflicting schools of economic thought—the Austrian School and the Keynesian School—have long stood at odds, particularly over the fundamental question of the state’s role in economic coordination, intervention, and crisis response. Yet for most observers, this conflict remains hidden beneath the surface. To the casual observer, economic discourse is …

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Uncertain Gods: Navigating The Materium’s Stochastic Shitstorm

Probabilistic Formalism for the Uninitiated: Navigating the Epistemic Maelstrom of a Disordered Cosmos We exist in a Materium fundamentally composed of energy and matter. The Materium, also called “real-space,” is a tangible, four-dimensional region of spacetime where corporeal beings live. The Materium represents the physical plane of existence defined by the four basic natural forces—gravity, electromagnetism, strong force, and weak …

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Game Theory for Applied Degenerates

In the shadowed margins of rational choice, where cunning meets chaos and the enlightened savage reigns, game theory unfurls as a merciless apparatus for decoding strategic warfare. A dark art spawned from the minds of legendary theorists Von Neumann and Morgenstern, game theory eschews the sanitized parlors of academia for the raw arithmetic of survival—where every move is a gambit, …

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My Updated Working Theory on Aliens & Reality

PDF: We created a clean, printable PDF of this post for offline reading. Download it here.  Note: This theory is a working hypothesis—an evolving exploration of reality as a structured simulation. It examines the interrelation of consciousness, computation, and the natural forces that define The Materium. It presents a framework for understanding how observation, novelty, and contention drive the evolution …

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The Materium: Aliens, Gods, and Infinity

Prefer listening? Click here to listen this article on Speechify. In the following, I want to briefly describe an ontological puzzle or riddle that I will then explore and solve in detail. But before that, it is necessary to make a few brief general theoretical observations: We exist in a Materium fundamentally composed of energy and matter. The Materium, also …

2025: Reject Safety, Embrace Chaos

2025: Reject Safety, Embrace Chaos

As the clock resets and 2025 begins its orbit, I’m drawn to reflect on the science of decision-making and its profound influence—not just on my personal life, but also on the strategic trajectory of my company. This past year was a crucible of learning and evolution, defined by a deliberate focus on frameworks that challenge conventional approaches to setting and …

The Discontinuity Dilemma: Energy, Mars, and Infinity

At the time of this writing, every person on Earth uses an average of 33 kilos of resources every day, translating to 12 tons of materials per person each year. And people in the Western world (aka the First World) use up to 74 kilos of resources daily—with over 100 billion tons of terrestrial resources mined each year. Global material …

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The Physical Degeneration of Man: Part 2

Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the Physical Degeneration of Man. Part 1 is here. PDF: We created a clean, printable PDF of this post for offline reading. Buy it here or view a preview. ___________ If fiat currency has reshaped markets, built empires, and fueled wars, its impact on society goes far deeper than just …

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The Physical Degeneration of Man: Part 1

PDF: We created a clean, printable PDF of this post for offline reading. Buy it here or view a preview. In the following, I want to briefly describe an econopathogenic puzzle or riddle that I will then explore and solve in detail. But before that, it is necessary to make a few brief general theoretical observations: Modern man has been …

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Deconstructing Myself: An AI-Driven Threat Assessment

It started as a joke, as many things do. Somewhere between project deadlines and late-night brainstorming, a certain question began making the rounds in the industry echo chambers: “what would the real intelligence agencies think of the work we do at Deimos-One?” There’s an element of intrigue to it, one that some of us lean into a bit more than …