Feigning intelligence is not too difficult, considering that people can be fooled in many different ways
Poverty is not just characterized by lack of money, but also by risk unpredictability of cash flow and risk exposure
The philosophy of the Silicon Valley elite is just a bunch of ill understood one-liners from preferably obscure thinkers
It is not political philosophy, but political geography that led Democrats in the USA to embrace the knowledge economy
Over the past decades, most economists have been forced to flex their opinion on the efficient market hypothesis
Marginal communities provide natural experiments that convincingly illustrate basic economical mechanisms
The escalating polarization in USA politics may well lead to an exit of California or Texas from the union
Natural philosophy transformed into science thanks to the commitment and sacrifice of some thrill-seeking geeks
Once people realize that the US will never ever be able to pay off its debt, inflation will skyrocket and the the economy will be in shambles
The Silicon Valley philosophy of innovation and disruption undervalues the importance of maintenance and durability
Geography has surprisingly strong explanatory power when it comes to long-term trends in politics and war
Finding and copying manuscripts used to be a major factor in the preservation, transfer and loss of knowledge
Turing’s suprisingly practical perspective on logic, intelligence, and machines was far ahead of his time
Because we fundamentally believe resources can and will be redistributed, we will fall into the trap of always trying to make the overall pie as big as possible
The connection between East and West has shaped the world to a larger extent than generally acknowledged
There are some vague connections between decreasing temperatures in the 17th century and historical events
The ignorance of the Trump administration when it comes to the inner workings of government creates immense risks
Without massive and violent disruption of the established order, there will be no meaningful redistribution of wealth
For a democratic leader, waging war is a balancing act between ethics, national interests and electoral impact
To disprove ‘Intelligent Design’, just note that one can very well exhibit intelligent behavior without actual intelligence