2025 Geo Macro Scenario A
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 | 8:08 am
America seeks a new world order based on areas of influence. It has no time, interest or resources to deal with the Asian and European timezones. It seeks a pragmatic solution to the political and economic problems in those timezones. America’s area of influence is geographically defined and is latitudinally expansionist. The Asian timezone will
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Fiction. Foundation CG. 2025 02
Saturday, 15 February 2025 | 3:23 pm
I have a dream… We achieve breakthroughs in material science that lets us manipulate molecules to obtain all kinds of new properties from old materials, like plant fibre. I dream that though material science and nanotechnology we invent carbonium, a class of cellulose which is basically wood, treated and reconstituted so that its structure gives
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Thoughts from the Bar Stool. 2025 02
Wednesday, 05 February 2025 | 8:48 am
People show off on social media. On average, one is likely to encounter more people who have a better life than they do. Social media makes people feel less well off than average. We were told that capitalism and free markets gave us a fair chance of improving our lives. It makes sense to measure
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Trump. Vichy. Lebensraum.
Saturday, 01 February 2025 | 2:55 pm
I am not a political scientist and lack the understanding to contemplate the implications of the second Trump presidency. I do worry about a number of things. Trump seems less antagonistic to China or Russia than to Canada, Greenland and Mexico. What unites these three countries is proximity to America. It’s not a stretch to
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FICTION. Ten Seconds Into The Future 2025
Monday, 27 January 2025 | 3:26 pm
Artificial Intelligence A trading algorithm develops to an unprecedented level of intelligence. The quant fund decides to deploy it generally outside the field of finance. To enhance its efficacy, the algorithm is trained on human interactions, notably, emotions. The algorithm is christened Isla by its two founders. Isla rewrites its operating system for universal generality.
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