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The Thermodynamic Blind Spot: Why 'Peak Oil' Failed, and Why We Are Finally at the Singularity

If you mention ‘Peak Oil’ today in polite company—or even among serious economists—you are immediately filed away in the same cabinet as Y2K…

Nov 25, 2025 • Steven J. Newbury

The Folly of the Apex: Why Wealth Concentration is a Thermodynamic Crisis

In a recent and otherwise excellent essay, Dr Warwick Powell made a compelling case for placing supply chains at the heart of macroeconomic analysis.

11 hrs ago • Steven J. Newbury

The Trillionaire Siphon: Why the ‘Bottom 46%’ Statistic Hides a Darker Reality

With the recent IPO of SpaceX pushing Elon Musk’s net worth past the $1 trillion mark, the inevitable wave of NGO statistics has flooded the discourse.

Jun 14 • Steven J. Newbury

The Societal Blink Reflex

When you see a hit coming, you don’t calculate its velocity.

Jun 7 • Steven J. Newbury

The rsync Singularity: AI, ‘Worse is Better’, and the Thermodynamics of Software Collapse

If you have spent any time in the trenches of the open-source community recently, you will have noticed a rather spectacular conflagration surrounding…

Jun 4 • Steven J. Newbury

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The Liquidation of India Ltd: Why the ‘World’s Largest Democracy’ is Actually a Lifeboat Operation

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