Buried Leverage
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · TRADE
May 8, 2025
How 17 obscure metals became
the quiet chokehold of the
modern world
The problem with the future is
that it runs on metals no one
talks about, or can pronounce…
The Story
Brave New Land
MAGA · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
May 7, 2025
In 1931, Aldous Huxley wrote
the classic dystopian novel
Brave New World , sketching a
future that seemed outlandish…
The Dictator Next Door
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · INFLATION
April 30, 2025
The text outlines how
authoritarian regimes gradually
consolidate control through
media restrictions, financial
constraints, surveillance, and
propaganda.
The Return of the “Enemy of
the People”
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · MAGA
March 15, 2025
Since his second term began in
January 2025, Donald Trump has
implemented a media strategy…
Blind Justice
LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
February 19, 2025
Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, a Maine
native and government affairs
director for the Project on…
Letter To Henry
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
January 1, 2025
A father advises his young son,
Henry, to cultivate curiosity
and persistence in
understanding how things work.
A Hal Moment
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
February 1, 2025
“I’m sorry, Bill, I can’t do
that.” I read that with an
eerie sense of déjà vu.
Many of you know I use AI to…
CUDA
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LABOR · BUSINESS
February 1, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
reflects on the transformative
impact of CUDA, a parallel
computing platform that…
Department of Government
Efficiency
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY
February 1, 2025
In early 2025, Elon Musk’s
creation of the so-called
Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE) led to
unauthorized.
On a cold February morning in
2025, Elon Musk walked into the
National Labor Relations
Board's headquarters with a
security badge and a handpicked
tech team. Within days, network
administrators were locked out…