How Wars Grow Old Before They Die
Face, Fatigue, and the Art of Slowing Humanity's Urge to Fight
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Musings on Futures and Foresight
Through thought provoking articles, essays, and reflections, Richard shares his visionary insights, challenging us to reimagine the world we live in. This archive brings Richard's public writing back onto his own domain while preserving the original Substack and Patreon networks.
The Gas Nobody Noticed
The Chokepoint Nobody Watched - Until Now
The Unholy Alliance
Navigating the Illusion of Choice in an Oligarchic Age
The Trap of the Pessimists
Against Certainty: Burning Off The Fog
When The Instrument Becomes The Obstacle
What a Royal Commission Can and Cannot Achieve
The Truth-Teller and the Truth
How Living Systems Defend their Identity
Among the Forbidden Questions
Don't ask that. Don't say this. Don't touch that...
The Reconstruction Business
War, Debt, and Permanent Dependency
The Covenant That Wasn't There
On the pattern no constitution prevents
A View Of The Future From 1989
Improving Learning Systems in the Arts
The Wrong Question
Answers We Find When We Ask The Wrong Questions
The Arithmetic of Grief
How Human Attention Actually Works
What Technology is For
The Palantir Manifesto and the Machinery
Time to Quit School?
Real Education for a Regenerative Future
Power evolving
The Disruption of Democracy from Techno-Feudalism
Beyond the Illusion of Unity
Why Shared Purpose Matters More Than Amity
Amnesia's Grip in the "Here and Now"
Human Psyche in the Age of Industrial Economism
The Rules Were Never The Point
On laws of war and the business model they protect
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