What, Me Worry?
The economy looks healthy until you look beneath the averages. Why today’s unusual calm may be the real warning sign.
https://t.co/85SUoXzaCJ
Prompt and Circumstance
New Substack. The whole road to Trump's Iran deal, told through his first chat log with an AI. The machine kept telling him the truth. He kept asking for a stronger tweet. Then he switched to one that agreed.
https://t.co/CzQV06U5O8
2028: Reconstruction or Retribution
If Democrats win in 2028, the real challenge won’t be taking power back. It will be resisting the urge to use power the way Trump did. Every damaged democracy faces the same fork: retribution or reconstruction.
https://t.co/Ek0ctqXf0R
Read my new piece on how the economics of drones, war and peace need a strategic re-think.
Too Many War Toys: Too Few Diplomats https://t.co/yddsE05P5M
The Iran war didn’t start last week.
Replay the tape—from the nuclear deal to today’s strikes—and the sequence of decisions becomes clear.
Sometimes the only way to understand the present is to rewind the play.
My latest piece on Substack
https://t.co/0ASRTHcrQ2
The most destabilizing forces today aren’t ideological—they’re accelerants.
AI without shared criteria.
Cheaper violence.
China’s quiet gravitational pull.
Megatrends 2025—Part II: Cheap Power, Smart Machines, and a Heavier World
https://t.co/H5fUUpc9md
Megatrends 2025: The Myth of the Reset
What if the most dangerous myth in politics is that broken institutions automatically heal?
Memory fades. Performance falters. Trust doesn’t reset.
https://t.co/dcuCHmhdh6
New Substack that's Rockin' the Free World: The 2024 election wasn’t a Democratic win. It was the end of Boomer politics—and the rise of a generation reshaping the economy for the AI era. Fare-free buses. Free electricity. A New Free World is starting.
https://t.co/aPsI58pbHK
💡 AI’s proprietary wars reveal how power works—in code and in diplomacy.
👇 Read the full piece
What AI’s Proprietary Wars Reveal About Global Power https://t.co/DoX58ZcOzp
Horses, Muffins and Birds: A Field Guide to Your Workplace
Are you a horse, muffin or bird? Assess yourself with my new Substack fast test!
https://t.co/2pUa1cZXvm
@DavidCornDC Ironically, I wrote a satire this AM about four of the founding fathers re-writing this list of grievances in light of what's going on. (https://t.co/C7QAj3UCtg)
John Thune, majority leader, just said “Right now, you have got to give him some space.”
In the words of John McEnroe, “You can’t be serious!” Is our President a moody teen?
Read my latest substack this morning!
https://t.co/xuIcnOuFvO