Uncharted Territories

4/30/2026

And the connection to incels, dating apps, AI, robots, immigration, feminism, polygamy, prostitution, and more

4/24/2026

Opponent weakness, incentives, taxes, ecology, nomads, land

4/21/2026

It took only 25 years for Islam to go from being kicked out of a village to controlling everything from Morocco to Pakistan. How?

4/17/2026

Urbanism, art, sex, dating, religion, incentives, monuments, influencers, and more

4/14/2026

Sheila is 25. She has 17 children.

4/9/2026

There are not enough countries. Not enough cities or jurisdictions. Here's how we can grow new ones faster.

4/7/2026

Digital, physical, content, shop... What should we build?

4/3/2026

Work with me to make it happen

3/25/2026

A combination of geographic luck, network effects, and vagaries of history. Can we replicate them today?

3/19/2026

After the Romans fell, the Byzantines took the witness and continued improving its architecture, while in the West architecture tech was lost, and rebuilt with Romanesque & Gothic

3/17/2026

The Romans had 3 architecture problems they wanted to solve: bigger indoor spaces, building faster and cheaper, and more indoor comfort. How did they solve them?

3/13/2026

Part 2: Asia

3/11/2026

Part 1: Europe & the Mediterranean

3/5/2026

It’s 2050, and petrostates around the world are in a mess of civil wars and failed states. What happened? Why? What can we do about it?

3/3/2026

What's going to happen in the coming days and weeks?

2/25/2026

Between the Sandworm and the Quicksand

2/18/2026

It looks like radiation, cooling, shipping costs, and other apparent obstacles are manageable, and will make datacenters in space competitive

2/12/2026

Datacenters in space, merger, IPO, pivot to the Moon... All are happening at the same time. Why? They're connected in unexpected ways.

2/10/2026

What Happens When Countries Run Out of Resources

2/6/2026

The Anti-Petrostate