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The Promethean Age
Why 2026 is the year global restraint ends In my previous essay on the singularity, I wrote about how the period between 1945 to 2025 represents an unprecedented
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Savage Execution
Savage execution is not recklessness. It is the discipline of stripping away illusions, operating with simplicity, and protecting margins as if they were life itself. In Africa’s unforgiving capital environment, that discipline is
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The Singularity/Eschaton
Peter Thiel recently participated in a podcast hosted by Ross Douthat on the New York Times with a curious title--Peter Thiel and the Antichrist. It's
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The Transhumanist Singularity
How the Ai Arms Race may destroy human consciousness Introduction This essay examines the convergence of artificial superintelligence (ASI) development and brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, focusing on
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The End of the Post-War Order: Nuclear Transition and the Rise of Transhumanism
The Unprecedented Era (1945-2025) For nearly eighty years, humanity has lived within a singular, unprecedented experiment in global organization. Never before in recorded history has the entire
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Africa's Capital Paradox
The Paradox of Deploying Capital Investment to Develop Capital-Intensive, Inward-Looking Industries in Africa African economies face a persistent paradox when attempting to develop capital-intensive, inward-
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Elon Musk: a 21st Century Rhodes
Elon Musk: The New Cecil Rhodes in a Multipolar World Cecil Rhodes and Elon Musk, though separated by more than a century and operating in vastly different contexts,
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LOGOS
This essay is the third and final essay in a series of three focused on metaphysical explorations. It's also the longest and probably the most complex.
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What's your world view?
In our earlier exploration, we argued that faith and reason need not stand in opposition; rather, they form a complementary synthesis through which one can rationally affirm core
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Why do you believe what you believe?
The beginning of the year is a great time to try something new; something I haven't done on this website before...Here's a question.
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The courage to be savage
2025: The Year of Uncompromising Excellence As the calendar turns to a new year, reflection becomes a necessary ritual—not for sentimentality, but for clarity of purpose. Each
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Reflection on a jubilee
On July 4th, 2024, the company I lead--Thebe Investment Management--turned 10 years old. After a decade as CEO, here is what I think is most important
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These subjects often overlap. I follow the connections between them.
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Faith
Jesus, truth, meaning and revelation.
→ 02Business
Companies, capital, strategy and the work of building.
→ 03Public life
Power, elections, institutions and conflict.
→ 04Technology
Tools, infrastructure, intelligence and systems.
→ 05Human futures
Longevity, intelligence and civilisation.
→ 06Habitats
Cities, settlement and the physical world.
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