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A Chorus of Amens
27 August 2026 There are moments when history does not merely happen. It answers. A proposition is written down. A date is exposed to daylight. A sequence is
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The Fifth Settlement: After the Vote
In Cheltenham, on television, an analyst finds code that should not be there. A public system has failed, but the failure is only the first layer. The attack moves outward: through networks, into the
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General Election Analysis Pt.2
Over the last few days I have been analysing the publicly available results announced by the Electoral Commission of Zambia alongside the principal independent assessments of the 2026
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The Open Sixth Seal
Rev 6:12-14 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the
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General Election Analysis
Watching election results play out is as close to sport enthusiasm as I get. Zambia had a General Election on 13th August, and the results are currently being
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THE FIFTH SETTLEMENT
The election at the hinge, and the two economies before Zambia TL;DR Zambia votes on 13 August 2026 at the hinge of its economic cycle: after repair
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ZAMBIA’S ECONOMIC SETTLEMENTS
What sixty years of reactionary decision making cost, and what deciding well is worth Zambia has spent sixty years changing who owns the mine, who taxes the mine,
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Human Purpose
What is the ultimate purpose and meaning of life? I. The Question the Machines Forced Purpose defined as function was always a lease. Automation has served the notice
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Kalimatuhu
A Prosecutorial Reading of Islam’s Own Testimony Ibn Khaldun, the 14th-century North African jurist and historian, observed that revolutions are born at the frontier — where the
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Business after Ai
Over the last year I've had a recurring conversation with some friends. In the age of artificial intelligence, with Artificial General Intelligence emerging and Artificial Super
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Birthday Reflections
Today I’ve turned 37. There’s something about getting older that’s subtle enough to be invisible when you’re younger. One can be a little more
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Jesus
Then I said, "Behold, I have come — in the scroll of the book it is written of me." — Psalm 40:7 I. Exordium — It Is Written
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Faith
Jesus, truth, meaning and revelation.
→ 02Business
Companies, capital, strategy and the work of building.
→ 03Public life
Power, elections, institutions and conflict.
→ 04Technology
Tools, infrastructure, intelligence and systems.
→ 05Human futures
Longevity, intelligence and civilisation.
→ 06Habitats
Cities, settlement and the physical world.
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