September 11, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Untether our addiction to supremacy We, as humanity, are being pushed to extinction. The central design feature of our extinction-seeking, maximisation machine is supremacy. Our deluded addiction to our supremacy. In any form, wearing any costume – religious,...
September 10, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
In flames and tears The people building AI earnestly believe that AI could kill us all by the end of this decade. In four years! We might ask: if they do believe this, why are they still building AI in a mad frenzy? But the question is not as gobsmacking as we think....
September 9, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Why is this idea so hated by so many? “Live in the future, then build what’s missing.” Paul Graham This is the same Paul Graham who built Y Combinator in Silicon Valley and is still regarded as a godlike figure amongst the tech bros. Those handful of men who literally...
September 8, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A formula for authoritarianism You have to think you are better, smarter and more capable than anyone else. The strong man. Or, only you can do this. Or, you want it your way, and screw everyone else. You have to love dominating power. You need to be in control. And...
September 1, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Under an illusion of superiority As I write, I am seated at the Surf Lifesaving cafe beachside at a little place called Crescent Heads in New South Wales. We just came in from a two-hour surf, starting at very first light. The ocean is currently empty of surfers as...
September 1, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
A moment of peace Not a cloud in the sky. A slight breeze. The warm sun on my skin. In the Southern Hemisphere, the last day of winter, the eve of spring. Yet the weather is, like everything, topsy-turvy. I just read a quote that humans are a peculiar/terrible...
