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The Evolution of Autocracy

A funny thing happens to a democratic government when its leaders think they should be controlling the world.

Feb 24 •

August 2024

No Speech Police

I, James Leth, do hereby disavow any right or demand to be protected from ideas or speech that might offend me or trigger bad feelings, reserving my…

Aug 14, 2024 •

The Fallacies of “MORE!”

In engineering terms, these fallacies create a positive feedback loop, which makes a system cascade out of control.

Aug 12, 2024 •

July 2024

I can’t think of anything that better describes the current state of global politics than this 100-year-old poem

Jul 25, 2024 •

June 2024

Politics is not just nonbinary, it’s nonlinear

This is an excerpt from my first book, Phoenix Afterlife

Jun 11, 2024 •

May 2024

Originally written in 2014, with new revisions

May 18, 2024 •

April 2024

A story for your consideration

Apr 24, 2024 •

March 2024

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