Thoughts in Uncertain Times

Because thinking about the world is fun…

  • E-biking & AI – what’s the link?
    E-biking and AI – both allow you to do things more easily and faster. Is this good, leading to more productivity? Or is the inherent work we are handing off essential to training ourselves?
  • Waterloo & Haiku
    Is Greenland a route to Trump’s Waterloo? Let’s hope it invokes sufficient masses to unite against him. And, as a diversion from Trump, here’s some haiku inspired by snowy Japan.
  • Overton Windows
    Is Trump smashing Overton Windows, in his attack on general world order, including proposing to take over Greenland? And what is an Overton Window?
  • Barrels of oil
    Chris looking at a ‘nodding donkey’ in Utah – a pump used to bring oil to the surface on land I felt… Read more: Barrels of oil
  • Kakapo and Grommets
    When do you have to choose between saving a kakapo and inserting a grommet in a child’s ear? When you are a government.

One thought on “Thoughts in Uncertain Times

  1. The way you connect different topics like oil prices and government policies really made me think about how these interconnected forces shape the way we live. It’s easy to forget that even the smallest decision, like a font change in diplomatic documents, can have larger consequences.

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