Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Trust Engineering
In the previous Armed Madhouse article, I argued that War Power has evolved into a self-reinforcing institutional ecosystem whose incentives ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Tag: Break
One European company owns Ray-Ban, Oakley, the shops that sell them and the insurer that pays for them, and the reason glasses are so expensive is not the secret 80 percent monopoly of internet legend but something quieter and much harder to break
Around 26.5 billion euros in revenue in 2024, about 200,000 employees, and a description, from its own lenders, as the ...
Coffee Break: Against AI, Stem Cells, Cancer Chemotherapy, A Note on Louis Pasteur
Part the First: More Cognitive Surrender Where It Just Won’t Do. Last week we considered an essay on AI that ...
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Trust Destruction and Nuclear Roulette
The discussion of war has changed remarkably little since antiquity. Historians, military strategists, and political leaders still evaluate conflict using ...
Volatility Trigger Explains Why Calm Markets Can Break Violently
Have you ever witnessed an equity index trade in a peaceful, tight consolidation range for hours, only to violently accelerate ...
Coffee Break: More on American Science, An NIH Grant Long Overdue, An Experimental Model, and Further Thoughts on AI
Part the First: Back to the Past in Science and Medicine. The future of basic science in the United States ...
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Unicorns versus Dinosaurs
A growing chorus of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and technology enthusiasts argues that the American defense establishment is overdue ...
Coffee Break: American Science in Distress, Technology vs. Community, and the Restaurant Problem Solved
Part the First: The Sabotage of American Science. For much of the past forty years I have been in the ...
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Israel’s Buffer Defense Quandary
Buffer zones are among the oldest concepts in military strategy. States facing persistent threats have long sought to place distance ...
J Scott: We Have 1-2 Months Before the Economy Begins to Break
Dave:Are we screwed? I know it’s just a blunt question, but it’s worth asking, right? Is the economic picture in ...
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