The West is facing a growing set of serious problems: institutional corruption and bloat, captured regulators, partisan media, a weakening rule of law, monetary debasement, spiralling national debts, excessive regulation, and the mounting pressures of mass immigration. In this essay, I argue these problems share a common root: non-capitalist institutions that by their nature lack real accountability. The solution I propose is a broad expansion of capitalist principles — including to governance itself — pursued through both political and non-political means. Mass democracy, as currently practised, is accelerating these problems rather than solving them. Extending capitalism to public institutions is the most viable path forward. This essay is aimed at entrepreneurs, and explains why and how they might engage with this challenge.

We stand at the beginning of the greatest revolution in military technology since the invention of gunpowder. AI promises to make human soldiers unnecessary by replacing them with robotic systems. This development may lead to a profound change in political institutions by removing the constraints that led to democracy. Technology made democracy, and might soon unmake it. What is likely to emerge instead is a patchwork of proprietary jurisdictions. This essay ends by proposing safeguards that might keep beneficial parts of democratic governance even as its technological foundations crumble.

Surveys, history and neuropsychological research shows clear patterns in what kind of architecture humans prefer. In this essay I explain what we can learn from this, including what's necessary for buildings to beautiful, why this implies a return to traditional architecture and how people can profit from building beautiful buildings.