Slate Money on Risk-Maxxing
Talking with Felix Salmon about risk and trickle-down eschatologies
Anticipating the Aftermath.
Independent writing from Scott Smith about culture, technology, politics & the future.
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May 13
Slate Money on Risk-Maxxing
Talking with Felix Salmon about risk and trickle-down eschatologies
1 min read
May 07
The Ratchet
Why risk-maxxing doesn't reverse.
2 min read
Apr 23
Trickle-Down Eschatology
The urgency flows down. The safety net doesn't.
6 min read
Dec 27
Risk-maxxing and the Death of the Middle Path
For older generations, risk is a choice. For Gen Z, it's a trap.
10 min read
Dec 14
Living in Someone Else's Bet
A look at risk-maxxing from an NPC's point of view.
4 min read
Jul 04
The Era of Risk-Maxxing
Power chooses chaos over caution in unstable times
8 min read
Jun 22
Doing Nothing Isn't a Strategy
Strategic thinking shrinks as the future accelerates
4 min read
Jan 21
How Did We Get Here?
The retreat to intimate media in a broken information age
3 min read