A New Cold War
The author argues that the United States’ war in the Persian Gulf is a proxy conflict in which China uses Iran as a strategic instrument. Beijing possesses the leverage to end the fighting—through oil purchases, dual‑use technology, and diplomatic channels—but is absorbing the economic pain to keep the war alive. This choice provides China with a strategic dividend by degrading U.S. influence while forgoing a major soft‑power victory. The piece calls for a reframing of the conflict as a U.S.–China Cold War rather than a solely Iran‑focused war.
There Is No Curve
The author argues that the AI scaling debate is built on a false premise: intelligence cannot be plotted on a rising curve because it is not a scalar metric. Physical limits such as the Bekenstein bound and the thermodynamic stability...
Is Bitcoin the Future, a Niche, or a Fad?
In this episode, host and guest Lynn—an engineer‑turned investment researcher and general partner at EgoDeath Capital— debate whether Bitcoin can become civilization’s primary money. Lynn argues that Bitcoin’s fixed supply and decentralized, permissionless ledger make it a superior store of...
The Industry’s Court in a Stolen Republic
On April 18, 2026 the New York Times released internal Supreme Court memos from February 2016 that reveal Chief Justice John Roberts framed a 2 percent coal‑production drop as irreparable harm, citing a $480 billion industry‑cost estimate. The documents show the Court’s first use of...
The First Domino
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations after its final flight landed, citing a cash‑burn crisis triggered by jet fuel prices that doubled following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The closure resulted from the unauthorized war launched...
Talking Past Each Other
The post critiques left‑wing backlash against the book *Abundance*, arguing the work calls for a revitalized state that can deliver public goods rather than serving corporate interests. It highlights how progressive governance has suffered from proceduralism, veto‑cracy, and NIMBYism, eroding...
A Republican Judge Just Voided 2.3 Million Virginia Ballots
Virginia trial judge Jack Hurley Jr. ruled that the constitutional amendment approved by 2.3 million voters—allowing mid‑decade redistricting—was void from the start. The decision, the third of its kind, contradicts two unanimous Virginia Supreme Court reversals and was filed in a...
How Elon Musk Thinks, and Why It Is Killing Us
Elon Musk’s cognitive framework treats the world as software, applying version‑control, continuous integration and rapid iteration to physical factories. This approach reshaped Tesla’s production line and SpaceX’s rocket development, delivering unprecedented cost and speed gains. The same software‑first mindset, when...
The Man Who Cannot Stop Talking About Killing
Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp used the company’s X account to share 22 excerpts from his book, sparking a viral post with nearly 30 million views. The author of the blog argues Karp’s repeated references to “scaring,” “killing,” and “heads cut off”...
Dear Journalists: You Are Dismantling Democracy and You Should Be Ashamed
A new federal statute, Section 1250A of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, makes it illegal for the president to withdraw the United States from NATO without a two‑thirds Senate vote or an act of Congress. The law, co‑authored by...
Trump Derangement Syndrome
The author argues that celebrating a 1,300‑point Dow surge while the Middle East erupts reveals a cognitive bias he dubs Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). He details contradictory ceasefires, Iran’s new $2 million‑per‑vessel toll in yuan, and the market’s focus on announcements...
The Plaque
Tim Cook presented a 24‑karat gold Apple plaque to President Donald Trump in October, a public tribute exchanged for tariff relief on iPhone components. The author argues the plaque symbolizes Apple’s shift from Steve Jobs’s principled “no” stance to a...
The Many Worlds Interpretation Has Exhausted Its Chips
The blog post argues that the Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics suffers a fundamental flaw: its branch‑counting probability measure μ is undefined without a preferred basis, making empirical predictions impossible. It likens this structural deficiency to the Rayleigh‑Jeans...
On the State of Cosmology
The essay argues that modern cosmology is in a methodological crisis because the Copernican principle has been elevated from a testable hypothesis to an immutable axiom, blocking the incorporation of anomalous data. Recent observations, notably a 5‑sigma quadrupole alignment in...