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Charles Hugh Smith·Jun 23What Once Explained Everything Now Explains NothingOne way to summarize the present zeitgeist is What Once Explained Everything Now Explains Nothing: all the intellectual frameworks that…
Razvan Chiorean·Jun 18The Information Age Against the Nation-StateA deep historical analogy that it’s useful as long as we remember that institutions rarely disappear overnight. They usually become less…
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InDialogue & DiscoursebyJay Gottlieb·Apr 7The Visionaries and Evangelists Looking Forward to Collapse in a Post-Trump WorldA primer on network states and freedom cities — Part 2
InDialogue & DiscoursebyJay Gottlieb·Apr 7The Invisible Migration from Nation-States to Stateless NationsA primer on network states and freedom cities — Part 1
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