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International Political Economy, Thermoeconomics, Geopolitics and System Change
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Thermoeconomics: Chapter 1 Guided Tour (opens the original)
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This is the second video in my guided tour of my book Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters. It covers Chapter 1 and its key themes:The problem of value in contemporary political economy; The energetic foundation of use-value and exchange-value; The main sub-types of each; The dual hierarchy of ontological and logical priority; and The Systemic Exchange… Read more
Paper Gains and Real Flows (opens the original)
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Preface: A dominant narrative in international macroeconomics posits that fluctuations in asset values — particularly real estate — exert a powerful “wealth effect” on Chinese household consumption. According to this thesis, the property market downturn that began in 2021 triggered balance-sheet contraction, driving urban households to pull back on retail spending due to paper losses in their primary store of value. This is often called the “wealth effect.” However, this framework imposes a prio
Molecular Skeleton Programming in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (opens the original)
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Preface: I continue my travels down the “rabbit hole” of material and chemical sciences, and how research and development “upstream” in laboratories may provide strong pointers to future trajectories, constraints and possibilities. In this essay, I break down recent advances in lithium-sulfur battery chemistry, and explore what this may mean in one application space: the world of drones. I again lean on my hard sciences colleagues, and continue to learn. Errors and omissions are mine. As we come
Introducing Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters (opens the original)
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This is the first video in my guided tour of my book Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters. It covers the book’s introduction, and provides an overview of the themes and structure of the videos to come.The book is available in all formats from Amazon. For those aren’t keen on purchasing from that platform, but would like to buy a copy anywa
Chinese Gallium Oxide Breakthrough (opens the original)
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Preface: In an era of intensifying geopolitical rivalry and energetic constraints, China’s latest gallium oxide wafer breakthrough signals more than a materials win — it reveals a sophisticated strategy fusing upstream chemical innovation with systemic industrial power. As part of my ongoing examination of how nations navigate thermoeconomic realities, this development highlights a critical intersection of supply chain mastery, materials science and post-silicon architectures like Tau Law. By sc
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