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Newsletter · By Dr. David Ragland, DBA, MS · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    A Systems Thinking vs. Political Thinking Approach (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    You Can’t Stop the AI Race. So Build Better Brakes. (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The Agency Paradox (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    What Would Socialism Actually Mean for Your Money? (opens the original)

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    For most of my adult life, the possibility that the United States might fundamentally reconsider capitalism would have seemed sufficiently remote that there was little reason for an ordinary investor to think seriously about it. That is no longer quite so obvious.This is not an argument that America is about to become socialist, nor is it an argument for or against socialism. It is certainly not a prediction about an election. It is something considerably more modest: a financial thought experim

  5. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    Is a Takeover of the World by Agentic AI Hyperbole? (opens the original)

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    Whenever someone suggests that artificial intelligence might someday “take over the world,” the phrase almost inevitably conjures images from science fiction. Machines become conscious, recognize humanity as an obstacle, seize control of military systems and critical infrastructure, and ultimately turn against their creators. It makes for entertaining cinema, but it may also distract us from a considerably more plausible—and perhaps more interesting—possibility. What if AI takes over without eve

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