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New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt last week by MPs performing a haka, or traditional dance, in opposition to the bill.

This will be a theme of 2025. Understand what was formerly scarce and is now commoditized. Don’t shrink from it. Play with it. Experiment. See what it can do that you used to have to do. Learn what you can do with it that you couldn’t before.

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When you picture the battlefield of the future, you might think hypersonic missiles, AI swarms, or robotic tanks. You probably did not imagine a flotilla of angry cyborg swans advancing on Russian positions.

The next geopolitical lines are already forming. The dots are appearing. The only question is: Will you recognize the line before it’s too late?

In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, each paid attention to a different aspect of the creature. The brain may do something similar by mapping out the qualities of perceptions, experiences and abstract concepts along various dimensions, with the help of the same system that it uses to map out physical spaces.

“The gift of story is wisdom”

― Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling