On stupid ideas of smart people
A much bigger problem than stupid people are the stupid ideas of smart people. As the American psychologist Martin Seligman writes, even stupid people are very often subject to stupid…
A sign of change
Is the political situation in the Czech lands about to change? If we want to see signs that something like this is coming, it is important to know where to…
On a new definition of reality
Years ago, the Czech biologist Professor Konvička wrote that there is no merit in accepting the claims of the ruling powers, which are quite clever. The claim has to be…
On instrumental rationality
The sociological classic Max Weber used the term instrumental rational action to refer to those actions that lead in the most direct way to the intended goal. As opposed to…
Where the billionaires will belong
There are so few billionaires (crown billionaires in the Czech Republic, dollar billionaires in America) that they cannot form a separate social class with its own world view, values, lifestyle,…
On optimistic uncertainty
Breached Enclosure and my other books that follow it describe a world in which the ruling class is a new aristocracy (Curtis Yarvin uses the term “liberal oligarchy” and others…