Tag: leadership

  • On Subterfuge

    Nations are loosely collected, if not rather diffuse, groupings of corporations that don’t necessarily have a common geopolitical objective. Corporations can be bought out quite easily in their interests, as can politicians, as can grassroots movements. The Chinese have grown quite adept at this practice—I know this, after all, I am a Canadian. Algorithms can…

  • On Structural Absurdism

    Musings on Philosophy The universe is both ordered and absurd. Such a universe cannot create a “should” or an “ought” on its own; it can only determine what “is.” To create an “ought” requires intent, which is only effective within one’s own mind. When acting upon itself, the will has the potential to exert control.…