Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
an organization that has been uniquely effective in rendering human effort productive.
Adrian Wooldridge • The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (Modern Library Chronicles Series Book 12)
half of the world’s oil is supplied by just .03% of its oil fields.
Christopher Steiner • $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better
Globalization makes it impossible for modern societies to collapse in isolation,
Jared Diamond • Collapse
greatly facilitated information transfer,
Vaclav Smil • Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
The thesis of this book is that the massed power of the nation-state is destined to be privatized and commercialized. Like all truly radical institutional change, the privatization and commercialization of sovereignty will involve a revolution in the “common sense” of the way the world is comprehended. Such change seldom happens in a gradual, linea
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
International Energy Agency modeling