Technology

AGENCY - THE LAST ARCHITECT OF HUMANITY

15/04/2026

The Post-Scarcity Horizon: Agency as the Last Constraint Preamble I have written before about theodicy - the age-old debate about why there is suffering. In this essay, I return to that theme from a different perspective, arguing that scarcity is a necessity.

HUMAN AGENCY IN THE AGE OF AI

23/03/2026

Agency, Abundance, and the Reordering of Human Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence In the rapidly evolving landscape of 2026, artificial intelligence is not merely a tool or a technology—it is a mirror and a multiplier. It does not invent new

THE PARASITE AND THE PLATFORM

23/02/2026

The Attention Economy, Political Incentives, and the Quiet Erosion of the Inner Life On a Tuesday afternoon in late winter, a high school teacher in a mid-sized city did something unusual. He placed a small wooden box on his desk and asked

WHY AUSTRALIA WAS SAID TO BECOME THE WHITE TRASH OF ASIA

13/02/2026

This was a claim made by Lew Kuan Yew more than 4 decades ago. And we need courage to prove him wrong. Australia Doesn't Have an Energy Problem. It Has a Courage Problem: A case for the Hybrid Energy Strategy — and

YOU DON'T HATE RICH PEOPLE ENOUGH - BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID

10/01/2026

I have just reread Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'. You can watch the on YT - it is the story of the men (and women) of substance who withdrew their abilities from society because they were despised. Then I watched this interview, about

LESSONS FROM 'THE PILL' THAT WE NEVER LEARNED

27/12/2025

My conclusion is that we may have to burn down the joint - that is if we don’t make some critical changes. There are (always) existential threats to society. We don’t always recognise them for what they are at inception. Ironically they