Thinkers

Yuval Noah Harari: The Stories We Believe Are What Holds Us Together

The big-history populariser whose strengths and weaknesses both deserve careful naming. An honest read of what Harari gets right, what he doesn't, and what it …

Daniel Schmachtenberger: The Civilisation We Built Is Not The One We Can Steer

The civilisational-systems thinker whose meta-crisis frame names the connection between the climate, AI, geopolitical, and democratic-coordination crises modern politics misses.

Grace Blakeley: We Already Have Planning. Just Not For Us.

The young socialist economist arguing that modern capitalism is not a free market. Read in Irish terms, the analysis of vulture funds and corporate-tax dependency …

Gary Stevenson: The Trader Who Bet Against Recovery, and Won

The Citibank rates trader who got rich betting against recovery, walked away, and now argues that wealth inequality is the central economic problem of our …