Systems Thinking

A deep dive into the transition from meritocratic work to inherited wealth as the dominant economic force.

Examining how shifts in progressive taxation and global tax competition accelerated wealth gaps since the 1970s.

Analyzing the capital-income ratio (\(\beta\)) and how low growth resurrects the 19th-century rentier class.

An exploration of AI's role in design, its strengths, limitations, and the importance of human judgment.

An investigation into the mathematical and systemic drivers of global wealth concentration.

Exploring the central divergence between capital returns and economic growth as the primary engine of inequality.

Exploring the inconvenient truths of the circular economy, from thermodynamic limits to systemic barriers, and how to build a more realistic and just system.

This series traces how human activities have altered the planet's systems, and whether we can still choose to become its steward.

A three-part series examining civilization through the lens of physics, tracing how energy transitions power societal leaps and how accumulated waste precipitates systemic collapse.

Investigates the principles for a next-stage civilization capable of maintaining complexity through renewable gradients and closed-loop materials management.