Biology

Exploring how the Dicrocoelium parasite uses multiple hosts in a coordinated supply chain, mirroring geopolitical strategies of multi-host control.

Exploring how the Horsehair Worm manipulates crickets to seek water, mirroring geopolitical strategies of engineering self-destructive behaviors.

Exploring how the Glyptapanteles wasp manipulates caterpillars to guard its offspring, mirroring geopolitical proxy strategies.

Examining the biological basis of status competition and how it creates a treadmill of perpetual dissatisfaction in consumer behavior.

Exploring biomimicry as a strategy for innovation, using examples like Velcro from burrs to demonstrate how borrowing evolved biological mechanisms can bypass human path dependency.

Examining how biological systems operate in circular economies without waste categories.

A seven-part exploration of biomimicry principles and their implications for human design, from optimization under constraint to the limits of biological analogy.

Exploring the four biological engines that drive human progress: intellect, dexterity, language, and prolonged childhood.