Society and Culture

THE FOUNTAINHEAD

20/01/2026

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is not merely a story of architectural rivalry; it is a profound philosophical investigation into "Individualism versus Collectivism, not in Politics but in Man’s Soul". Through the journey of its protagonist, Howard Roark, Rand projects her vision of

SACRED ALGORITHM #1

20/01/2026

Chapter 1: Lex Primatus - The Law of Primacy You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3) In the late 1990s, a peculiar cultural phenomenon began to take shape in the sprawling suburbs of America, a quiet revolution not of

ATLAS SHRUGGED AND GOD SMILED

10/01/2026

Ayn Rand’s tome - Atlas Shrugged - had a profound influence on me when I was younger. I reread it recently and wanted to formulate some ideas to reconcile what I think and what I believe. What I believe is summarised in

THE SHIRKY PRINCIPLE

05/01/2026

Why are hospitals hotbeds of infection, instead of safe, sterile spaces? Why do school administrators tinker with the curriculum, resulting in literacy and numeracy rates becoming worse? Why do organisations like Centrelink (administrators of the dole in Australia) become such massive, powerful

THE ION AGE

03/01/2026

Every wannabe futurist wants to pick the future before it happens — but the vast majority really only identify trends when the trends are already obvious. The most famous ones are creative about the labels they apply to the next stage of

THE PROBLEM WITH MIGRANTS

02/01/2026

Immigration is an issue, I am sure you will agree. As an immigrant, I have something to say. Let’s start with a story: A victim of a religiously motivated attack is hospitalised. His injuries are serious, but not life-threatening. The hospital, as

LIVING IN PARADISE

02/01/2026

To understand the full power of the Ten Commandments, it is useful to imagine what a society would look like if it achieved perfect adherence to them. This is not a realistic scenario—human beings are fallible, and perfect obedience to any moral

WHEN MAPS FAIL

31/12/2025

Napoleon's Russian Catastrophe and the Modern Crisis of Outdated Models On 24 June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte stood on the banks of the Niemen River, reviewing what was arguably the largest invasion force Europe had ever assembled. The Grande Armée—615,000 soldiers drawn from

THE GOLDEN CALF: ISRAEL'S BURDEN THEN AND NOW

31/12/2025

Christianity is unique amongst all religions. It is the ONLY religion that does not require works. The reason I am pessimistic about the 'Jewish' question ever being solved peacefully, is because I believe that they have wandered off the path God wants

THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER’S ‘Mein Kampf’

30/12/2025

I had never read Mein Kampf. Like most people, I just assumed Hitler was a mad man not worthy of study, beyond snippets offered in school history text books. But the frequency by which seemingly ordinary people were called ‘Nazis’ made me

JEWS AND NAZIS ARE MORE ALIKE THAN YOU THINK

29/12/2025

Trigger warning: If this piece triggers you, you probably misread it. The point here isn’t to bash Jews, Hamas, Hitler, or any specific group. It’s about how human groups work—period—and why we judge some of them by rules we don’t apply to

Confusing change with progress

26/01/2016

In a previous piece I encourage people to question their beliefs. I asked the question: Why do people follow/subscribe to popular thoughts and ideas? It is a question that probably has several answers rather than one, but high on that list for