Observations on the human condition
For those who feel the transition is still somewhere ahead, it may be closer than it appears Something is becoming visible that the dominant narrative has no language for. Not a protest, not a movement, not a political programme. Something quieter and more durable: a parallel way of organising life that has been growing, largely … Read more
Six degrees of separation. The idea that any two people on Earth are connected through no more than six intermediate acquaintances has been around since the 1920s. LinkedIn built a business on it — and Microsoft paid $26 billion to own it. But here is what that number actually means: the network already exists. It … Read more
How Tokenised Money-Market Funds Magnify Systemic Risk and Accelerate Extraction at the Top by Alex Nikolov Following on from Alex’s articles, Borrowed Stability and The Forest of the Order, he expands his critique of stablecoins and the measures granting BlackRock extraordinary privilege and power. I. The Next Act in the Stable Circus In a previous … Read more
My article linked below appears (page 13) in Issue 68 of The Light, a free, independently distributed monthly paper that asks the questions the mainstream won’t. This edition carries sharp structural analysis worth reading alongside it: Rusere Shoniwa traces the managed transition of global capital through the BRICS framework, while Escape Key dissects how the … Read more
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
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
The Season Changed is a short story told through the eyes of a child watching her neighbourhood quietly transform during a time of mounting uncertainty. I was nine when the season changed. Not the weather — the weather had already been strange for years, everyone said so, though they said it in the way adults … Read more
Alex and I produce papers and articles as our understanding of the transition to a new organisational paradigm evolves. The following two podcasts are derived from some of what we’ve written and provide an overview of where we are and where we seem to be heading, as a species, organisationally and consequently societally. This first … Read more
Mark recommended The Great Taking. The Great Taking by David Rogers WebbWhat is this book about? It is about the taking of collateral, all of it, the end game of this globally synchronous debt accumulation super cycle. This is being executed by long-planned, intelligent design, the audacity and scope of which is difficult for the … Read more
For reasons I will explain in the future, I’ve been “out of the loop” for the last month but recently returned to the fray. These two interviews went out live on Press TV in the last few days. Spotlight – Europe Anti-Immigrant Approach (video 28 minutes 13 seconds)also on BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/s22iT2F6FtkU/ Spotlight – US banking … Read more
I was asked to comment on the unfolding economic crisis in the UK for Press TV’s Spotlight programme on Saturday 3 December 2022 Spotlight – UK Economic Crisis 3 December 2022 (video 24 minutes 55 seconds)Britain inflation rate stands at 41-year high of 11.1% amid soaring food and energy prices. UK media say soaring costs … Read more