So, as a supporter of classical liberal policies, supporting small business, entrepreneurs, science, innovation, economic growth, social freedoms, intellectual integrity, free trade, the rule of law, democratic institutions & accountability, and defence, what the hell am I going to do this election?

Why is there no narrative in the Australian election that it would be prudent to save, create buffers, and build reserves during a clearly evident time of global strategic, economic and political uncertainty? Our politicians are one-trick ponies, knowing only how to spend other people’s money.

“It’s a disgraceful reversal of 80 years of American foreign policy,” said Kori Schake, who is the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and was a national security aide to President George W. Bush.

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'Some experts predict that future levels of AI usage will require almost one and a half times the level of power from data centers in less than six years by 2030. Currently, the approximate amount of energy needed to sustain the sector’s growth is doubling every 100 days.'

Am thinking about emerging deep trends. So far: splittism in existing institutions (eg NATO); shifting gravity wells (new poles of interest, more attracts more); war by other means (increasing use of hybrid activities); and the end of the WWII social/political consensus. What am I missing?

For our first Geomastery missive for 2025, here's a taste of some of the trends, insights and issues of concern we are thinking about for the year ahead.

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Australia is struggling to deal conceptually and practically with the realities of an increasingly disordered and lawless world

www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/w...

Russia has begun to explore Afghanistan’s mineral reserves, Russian media report

The country’s reserves are preliminarily valued at anywhere between USD 1-3 trillion.They include precious metals such as silver,gold, and platinum,&rare earth minerals like lithium, beryllium, and cadmium

📸Al Jazeera

The Marine Corps activated its second-ever littoral anti-air battalion Thursday on Okinawa, giving its seaborne quick-reaction force the means to defend against aerial attacks on contested islands in the Indo-Pacific. www.stripes.com/branches/mar...

We--Australia--needs to start addressing the broader tech ecosystem necessary for strategic and economic competitiveness. Current structures, governance and incentives, carefully evolved over the last 30-40 years, no longer fit the bill. Here we look at advanced computation.

A good piece on Trump and his followers, and some guidance we could follow here in Australia, too, in upholding our institutions.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...

www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

‘The leaps of faith in this vision are cavernous and almost entirely ignore the laws of physics as well as the constraints of engineering and economics.’
www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/l...

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It is about our Market-led approach to game dev. An approach which has allowed our game Momento to go from an unknown entity to securing 60K wishlists in its first 6 weeks on Steam 👇
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In our latest GeoMissive, we unpack some of the detail of AI--nothing technical--while also providing perspectives on challenges and opportunities for Australia. This post also follows on from the several other GeoMissives on AI.

geomastery.substack.com/p/ai-differe...