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Palladium Archive: Armenia Is an Orphaned Client State
A journey through Armenia reveals a country on Russian life support. With Azerbaijan and Turkey in ascendency, the country’s lack of allies is its most…
Sep 19
PALLADIUM 11: Social Apocalypse
PALLADIUM 11: Social Apocalypse is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy of our fall 2023 print edition.
Sep 15
AI Conclave News; It's Time For Greater San Francisco
The Bay Area is a regional economy hindered by fragmented local governments. The answer is consolidation into Greater San Francisco.
Sep 12
Palladium Archive: Why America Can't Build
In 2009, a disastrous project on Sepulveda Pass revealed the roadblocks that stop the U.S. from being able to build.
Sep 5
August 2023
A New Cosmist Moment
The Cosmists pursued visions of resurrection and immortality but ended up recuperated into Soviet ideology. Modern tech utopians are following in their…
Aug 29
The AI Conclave, and The Only Reason to Explore Space
There is only one durable justification for space exploration. If we fail to understand it, our civilization will end on Earth, not among the stars.
Aug 22
Artificial General Intelligence Is Possible and Deadly
Artificial General Intelligence is the central conjecture of the AI field. If it is possible, it will completely disrupt the human condition and…
Aug 15
You Can’t Trust the AI Hype
Investor hype around AI doesn’t reflect the real impacts of deep learning. That hype rests on a false ideology in which the tech industry is the…
Aug 8
Walter Kirn on How America Lost the Plot
The novelist turns his literary eye to the American story and finds we’re losing our memories under a new imperative to forget.
Aug 1
July 2023
London Meetup on Thursday Evening
From the archive: Atomic physicist Leo Szilard thought that scientists could rule the world better. The insiders who pushed him aside demonstrate what…
Jul 25
Don’t Learn Value From Society
We face a crisis of false value. Ancient perspectives like that of Abraham offer a way out.
Jul 18
The Triumph of the Good Samaritan
Those trying to justify parasitic behaviors often invoke the language of charity and compassion. But true charity is about enforcing a superior form of…
Jul 11
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