Observations on the human condition
Following on from yesterday’s post on The forest of the Order, Alex explains the current noise around Stablecoins ignores the obvious: stablecoins are neither “stable”, nor innovative or revolutionary but merely intensification of the extractive logic of the money paradigm. There is an alternative coordination layer which is both innovative and evolutionary which is what … Read more
On the Gifts and Costs of Living Through Symbols,and Possible Ways Forward by Alex Nikolov Our recent weekly WiseValue discussions have been exploring symbology; Alex published the following article on LinkedIn. There is also a 20 minute podcast. We are born clean! We are born innocent! Then we are claimed by theorder of symbols and … Read more
Book Review. A review of John Macgregor, The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political Architecture to Roll Back State & Corporate Power — by Clive Menzies John Macgregor’s The Mechanics of Changing the World arrives at a moment when the literature on democratic decline is long on diagnosis and short on remedy. His stated ambition … Read more
A Short Story Her father’s voice came through the wall before she reached the bottom stair. Not talking to her. Talking to the radio, or to himself, which was the same thing at this hour. Poison, he was saying. Complete and utter poison. Don’t give it the time of day. Mira pulled her sleeve over … Read more
How a world that feels like madness is already growing its own replacement The Madness Is Real Let’s not pretend otherwise. Wars that grind on without resolution. Economic dislocation that hollows out communities faster than any explanation can account for. A cost of living that rises while wages stagnate, while savings dissolve, while the promise … Read more
It Is Working Exactly As Designed. And that is the most dangerous thing you can know. For the financial community, the article (link to .pdf) opens on your ground — monetary policy, risk, 2008 — then pulls the floor away by showing the design flaw is deeper than any policy can reach. The blockquote on … Read more
On Saturday 20 September 2025, academics and historians are convening under the title INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR 9/11 (IHC9). Purposes: The Purpose of the IHC9 is to discover answers to the key questions still remaining from the tragic events of September 9, 2001. 1: Who authorized, planned and proposed the attacks of 9/11 and 9/9? … Read more
In the latest Deep Dive Perspective to be released, Tony Gosling unpicks the history of the enclosure of the commons, specifically land and resources in the UK, and how food and farming, the fundamental basis of our existence, are under attack. The commons isn’t limited to land; it includes everything that is provided by the … Read more
In the last few years, I have been in correspondence and conversation with Josh Sidman and others following the work of Silvio Gesell. Josh, in conjunction with the Henry George School of Social Science, has organised a two hour conversation with me on 6 May 2025 at 6pm GMT (1pm New York time). Josh Sidman … Read more
My good friend Mohsin Abbas recently launched the Deep Dive Perspective (DDP) video channel to explore the context of events from multiple perspectives. This latest DDP video delves into the coordinated promotion of the Netflix fictional drama (part funded by the State), “Adolescence”. I was asked, along with Bilal Ali, to offer perspectives on what’s … Read more
This is, loosely speaking, the fourth in a series of conversations with Faiza at Hidayat TV, sharing Critical Thinking’s and subsequent analysis of how we organise ourselves as a species. The first conversation is on education, the second on the structure of the world and our role within it and the third on the contrast … Read more