politics

  • Evolving Legal Systems

    Pushing ourselves to the brink. Over time, the cheetah and the gazelle trade dominance on the plains. For a while gazelles are faster and their population blooms, then the cheetahs adapt and feast. Back and forth, they evolve faster together.… Continue reading

  • A Needed Control Grid

    Creating a Son of God is easier than creating a God. There is only one good reason to implement a digital grid to manage people’s behavior: no one is afraid of God anymore. For thousands of years the fear of… Continue reading

  • Harnessing The Sun

    When faced with an overwhelming opponent, it is better to anticipate where they are heading and work to exploit their energy for the better of all, than to fight them in an effort to stop them in their tracks. Continue reading

  • The Reason for My Optimism

    Imagine that the president is not a leader, but just an actor hired to play the role of leader. Imagine that it has been this way for decades. Since 1980, at least. It only stands to reason; a modern country… Continue reading

  • Sibling Rivalry

    People who have no experience caring for the elderly have no empathy for the people caring for them when they become elderly. The primary purpose of a government is to impose shared responsibility onto the public. Different forms of government… Continue reading

  • Camouflaged Boundaries

    We tend to go to extremes. For example, one hundred fifty years ago we had six year olds working twelve hour shifts in factories and coal mines. Then, one hundred twenty years later we were treating people in their twenties… Continue reading