Anticipating the Aftermath.

Jun 14
Temporarily Embarassed Trillionaires

Temporarily Embarassed Trillionaires

When the world is all ceiling, no floor
4 min read
Jun 12
The Formula Won

The Formula Won

A speculative artifact about data and football, read back thirteen years later.
6 min read
Jun 08
Civilisation Holds the Bag

Civilisation Holds the Bag

Sold to the people betting against it.
2 min read
May 16
Murder Walls and Case Files

Murder Walls and Case Files

Divergence and convergence in the sensemaking process.
3 min read
May 07
The Ratchet

The Ratchet

Part 5: Why risk-maxxing doesn't reverse.
2 min read
Apr 23
Trickle-Down Eschatology

Trickle-Down Eschatology

Part 4: The urgency flows down, but the safety net doesn't.
6 min read
Dec 27
A lighted No Exit sign.

Risk-maxxing and the Death of the Middle Path

Part 3: Risk-maxxing as a generational trap.
10 min read
Dec 14
Living in Someone Else's Bet

Living in Someone Else's Bet

Part 2: Risk-maxxing from an NPC's point of view.
4 min read
Jul 04
The Era of Risk-Maxxing

The Era of Risk-Maxxing

Part 1: Power chooses chaos over caution in unstable times
8 min read
Jun 22
Doing Nothing Isn't a Strategy

Doing Nothing Isn't a Strategy

Strategic thinking shrinks as the future accelerates
4 min read