Homo Mercator — entrepreneurship as the missing evolutionary driver
What if humanity’s real evolutionary leap wasn’t bigger brains or bigger tribes, but the moment we turned surplus into currency and trade, competition, and culture followed?
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July Round-Up
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Emergence and Psychohistory
Emergence has become a popular buzzword, especially in artificial intelligence research. It’s a term frequently used by charlatans and pseudoscientists, so it’s worth unpacking what it actually means and why it’s important for understanding psychohistory.
What Is Emergence?
Simply put, emergence is a property of a complex
Vampire and the Pauper II: The carefree are saving the planet
“You see? No villains needed. Just movers to a quieter neighborhood”
— paraphrasing Schelling’s algorithmic indifference
June Round-Up
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Vampire and the Pauper
Scheming with Schelling: The Uncomfortable Math of Our Self-Segregating
May Round-Up
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How Ancient China achieved what Habsburgs couldn’t
Hegemonism vs Balance of Power
Does India Exist?
History as a construct, Wallerstein’s view and alternative scenarios
Has the Catholic Church prevented the unification of Europe?
The Papacy vs. Empire: A Medieval Power Struggle That Shaped Europe
Inner drumbeats
A possible reason to be wary of conversations with strangers
February Round-Up
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Psychohistory: From Science Fiction to Reality
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