Our brains are hungry. “Although the brain represents just 2 per cent of body weight, it consumes about 20 per cent of our energy at rest. Every perception, memory, emotion and idea is metabolically expensive. Thought itself is an energy-hungry… Read More »Fuel for thought
Slave trade was complicated and aimple at the same time. “Taking the Dahomey region as an example (drawing from Lee, Waging War, 265-72), you can see the clear impact of that strategic dilemma as the slave trade explodes, from perhaps… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part III: Europa Provincalis
Trade, slavery and making it. “On the one hand, there is a desire not to white-wash history and simply remove real things that really happened. On the other hand, no one wants their historical game to end up as a… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part III: Europa Provincalis
When leaders go crazy.
It is a tool and we are not using it the right way.
She was not a hero.
And is investing a solution?
Forces at play also in the real world. “So Burgundy is essentially in a race where it starts four feet behind and must sprint to catch up. Burgundy has to assemble power faster than France in order to remain secure.… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part II: Red Queens
How shipping works.
I have recently read an article where the author compared talking to LLMs to saying enchantements. And it makes sense to me. I am currently playing Hogwarts Legacy and when you are learning new spells, everyone is telling you to… Read More »Harry Potter is Post-apocalyptic