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#20: Evolution as rupture: The changing rules-based order
Countering the Carney-popularized "facade" narrative by centering the material realities of the system and questioning whether this is yet another…
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#2: Understanding Energy
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#1: The Great Globalization is Ending
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#15: The arcs of history
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#10: We are living in a material world
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#19: Holding a bag of rocks
Opportunities in the era of dispersion, trend changes, and bubbles.
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#18: The Unity of Opposites
The meeting of two polarizing reformists (Mamdani-Trump) and what it tells us about the current political moment.
Nov 28, 2025
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#17: "Dad" brain
The biological transformation that enables men to go far beyond the socially constructed mold of fatherhood; better fathers lead to happier couples…
Oct 27, 2025
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#16: "You can just do things"
The final boss of neoliberalism and the golden era of grift -- understanding the global reactionary movement as an acceleration of trends, not a…
May 25, 2025
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#15: The arcs of history
Polycrisis, historical cycles, and the opportunity to remake our world.
Jul 8, 2024
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#14: The decade of rolling (poly)crises
A look at the biggest events of 2023, things to look out for in 2024, and resources to be prepared for a tumultuous decade.
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#13: The electricity grid: A modern wonder of the world
Why the grid is at the heart of modern civilization, how it works (supply, transmission, and demand), and the major opportunities and threats as we race…
Jan 1, 2024
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#12. Moments to movements: The spectre of ideology
How do we translate protests and outrage into real, lasting change? How can we be better prepared as the global system withers? What is our role in…
Oct 27, 2023
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