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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Mental Models (Part 4)

Use these mental models to improve your problem-solving and decision-making skills and overcome common [smoov.bra.in2023] reasoning errors.  PDF: We created a clean, printable PDF of this series for offline reading. Buy it here or view a preview. Greetings, my fellow plebeians. I hope you are enjoying this series so far.  In case you missed the first three installments, you can …