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All Currencies Devalue or Die

On long-term debt cycles in Ray Dalio’s “The Changing World Order”

Jan 15 • Dmitry Fadeyev

The Authorlessness of AI Art

The problem with AI art isn’t that it’s bad, but that it’s authorless. It may evoke a feeling, but it doesn’t transmit a feeling, because there is…

Oct 31, 2025 • Dmitry Fadeyev

The Problem With AI-Assisted Writing

Writing is supposed to be difficult.

Aug 25, 2025 • Dmitry Fadeyev

Truth Is Not Mere Coherence

On Iain McGilchrist’s “The Master and His Emissary”

May 23, 2025 • Dmitry Fadeyev

How to Ruin Your Civilization

Charlie Munger on ignorant legislatures and the morality of the cash register

Feb 17, 2025 • Dmitry Fadeyev

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Thought Examinations, Indoctrination Meetings and Struggle Sessions

Apr 17, 2023 • Dmitry Fadeyev

How Sam Walton Turned a Tiny, Failing Variety Store Into Walmart

Jul 22, 2021 • Dmitry Fadeyev

Why Julius Caesar Didn’t Burn His Boats

Feb 18, 2021 • Dmitry Fadeyev

There Are No Dangerous Thoughts, Thinking Itself Is Dangerous

Mar 7, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

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Beyond the Limits of Human Reason

On Benjamín Labatut’s “The MANIAC”

Jan 23, 2025 • Dmitry Fadeyev

The Tragic Philosophy of the Intelligence Age

On Oswald Spengler's "Man and Technics"

Dec 18, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

To Be the Best, a Government Must Be First of All Possible

Two ideas that can help predict the future of a society

Sep 25, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

Only Power Restrains Power

On James Burnham’s “The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom”

Sep 2, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

Evil Is Nothing

A philosopher sentenced to a gruesome death wrestles with the nature of good and evil. On Boethius’ “Consolation of Philosophy.”

Apr 19, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

There Are No Dangerous Thoughts, Thinking Itself Is Dangerous

Hannah Arendt on the difference between intellect and reason

Mar 7, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

And Then Good Deeds Are Your Enemies

On Machiavelli's "The Prince"

Feb 1, 2024 • Dmitry Fadeyev

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