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Residual Clarity
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Observations on cognition, systems, perception, and error.
What leaves is not just talent—it’s momentum, discovery, and the capacity to define what comes next.
April 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Volatility is not confusion.

It is clarity moving too quickly for certainty to keep up.

www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
European markets rebound despite trade war fears as Trump and China exchange tariff threats – business live
Beijing says US threat to escalate tariffs against China is a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ and amounts to blackmail
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This isn’t about tariffs.
It’s about trust.

For decades, markets rested
on an unspoken system —
open trade, stable rules,
predictable power.

That scaffolding just cracked.
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A society delegates its vengeance to the state,
formalizing harm through rules and ritual.

The psychology of state punishment asks not just what is punished — but who is allowed to punish, and why we accept it.
April 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Power is rarely lost. It is relocated.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held its balance.

But the money behind the challenge is now mapped.

Knowing who funds the pressure is just as important as resisting it.
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
AI’s growth is now tied to fossil fuel donors.

Data centers expand. Emissions rise.

Tech ambition and climate rollback are no longer separate stories.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM