What’s on the Box Is a Lie
Becoming …
The Coward’s Cloister
The Applause Is a Lie
The Cult of the Manager
The Gospel of Fear
The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
The Age of Unburned Fingers
Fortress of One
The Pocket-Picking State
The Last Untamed Creature
The Return of Consequences
I’ve stopped watching press statements and conferences altogether. They are noise. Choreography. What matters to me is the substance of…
Automation Always Collects Its Due
Will AI cost jobs? Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes — regardless of whether the datacenters sit in the…
Why Walking Away Terrifies the Unprepared
I started law school late. Much later than most people in the legal professions ever do. My family was mildly…
Pipes, Targets, and the Floating Alternative
I love pipelines. Truly. They are one of the most elegant pieces of industrial infrastructure ever devised. Incredibly efficient, remarkably…
The Machine That Builds the Machine
First come the roughnecks. The oilpatch lunatics. The men who don’t ask for permission and don’t wait for consensus. They…
When Realism Became the Cardinal Sin
Does anyone still bother to run a business case these days? I genuinely wonder. I have written more business plans…
The Climate Mood Is Shifting — Quietly, Relentlessly
Climate alarmism is on the retreat in Europe. Slowly, unevenly, and without ceremony — but it is retreating nonetheless. Make…
Why Belief Beats Reality Every Time
What did we actually think? That people are open to reason? Here’s a useful hint: almost no one is. Reason…
The Planet Does Not Notice You
I am endlessly amazed by what we believe we know. Or more precisely, by how confident we are in our…
