Tag: systems thinking
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The Brown Pill
People love labels because labels save time. If you write about risk, someone will eventually call you a doomer. If you write dystopian fiction, someone will assume you’re rooting for collapse. That’s the lazy read. There’s a better option. Ask questions. Look for intent. Find out whether the person you’re labelling has a family they…
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Why Follow Me
I have over 15,000 connections on X and am grateful for them. I was inspired to write this because of someone named Steve. Time is expensive. Attention even more so. If you’re going to follow an author, you should have a clear reason to believe the content will be worthwhile. I hope I continue to…
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The Moral Debt of the Present
We talk about debt as a number. A headline. A running total so large it stops meaning anything. What we rarely talk about is who inherits it. Some debts compound quietly, whether we acknowledge them or not. Financial debt is the easiest to see. It shows up in charts and debates. Harder to see are…