The Salt Water Civilization: Why Our Metric for Progress Is Making Us Thirsty15 March 2026·144 words·1 minHuman Systems and Behavior Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems ThinkingHow did we arrive at a system that measures success by GDP, even as it depletes our planet and erodes our well-being?
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 4: What We Could Count Instead15 March 2026·1405 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 3: The Tyranny of the Meter Stick15 March 2026·1415 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 2: The Invention of the Hunger15 March 2026·1377 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 1: The Pyramid Paradox15 March 2026·1241 words·6 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Shock Doctrine of Progress – Part 3: The Innovation Block25 July 2019·537 words·3 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Innovation Development Crisis Progress History Historical Case Studies Disaster Analysis Systems Thinking Innovation History
The Shock Doctrine of Progress: How Crisis Forges the Future23 July 2019·218 words·2 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Crisis Innovation Progress Disaster History Historical Case Studies Disaster Analysis Systems Thinking Innovation HistoryExploring how systemic crises accelerate innovation and reshape societies through destruction and reconstruction.
The Shock Doctrine of Progress – Part 1: The Total War Crucible23 July 2019·588 words·3 minsHistory and Critical Analysis War Innovation Crisis Progress History Historical Case Studies Disaster Analysis Systems Thinking Innovation History
The Spark of Ages - Part 3: The Creative Response to Catastrophe4 July 2019·1194 words·6 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Civilization Catastrophe Innovation Crisis Transformation Progress Innovation History Social Dynamics Systems ThinkingHow crises and catastrophes force innovation and societal transformation.