Cost/Benefit
Everything has costs and potential benefits (or harm). Giving a one hour talk to a company of 200 can cost you 30k just in terms of salaries. There is hidden costs in terms of work not being done. And the… Read More »Cost/Benefit
Metod Rybar
Building a Cathedral without Science
Engineers doing shit for millenia.
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Victoria II, Part I: Mechanics and Gears
You can simulate history in many ways. “armies are recruited from pops; each regiment in your army is directly tied back to the pop that supports and reinforces it. If the pop is radicalized, so is the unit. If the… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Victoria II, Part I: Mechanics and Gears
Can the Bundeswehr fight?
Lets hope so. The Economist (EU) Sat, Apr 25, 2026 Can the Bundeswehr fight?https://pressreader.com/article/281612426992083
Killing Pax Americana
Shooting the world in the leg.
The AI Quedtion that No AI Person Asks
Is it solving any big problems?
Fuel for thought
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
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part III: Europa Provincalis
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
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
Why Egypt Is Collapsing Economically
When leaders go crazy.