Backup Plan

Want to predict economic decline before economists figure it out?

Watch where people move. In 1845, one million Irish fled to America. Not because they read economic forecasts about the potato famine. Because their kids were starving. In 1989, East Germans scaled the Berlin Wall. Not because they studied GDP data. Because West German grocery stores had bananas. Today, migration flows from Honduras to Texas, […]

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EU Warns Caribbean Citizenship-by-Investment Countries. Several Countries are at Risk losing Visa Free Access to the Schengen Area.

For years, Caribbean citizenship by investment has been regarded as one of the most attractive and, perhaps more accurately, one of the most affordable ways to obtain a second passport. Whether the goal was easier international travel, greater financial security, or simply having a backup plan, thousands of investors have obtained citizenship in countries such […]

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Jeffrey Epstein and the Three Universal Mafia Principles Mafia never dies.

The Three Principles of Mafia, according to Ugo Bardi All large organizations tend to evolve into mafias All mafias tend to generate emperors Mafia never dies Let me start with a universal sociological principle that I just invented. It is the first principle of mafia, according to Ugo Bardi. It goes as, “All large organizations tend to evolve […]

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Why We Should Become Deserters in Times of War

Excellent blog post by Ugo Bardi. Excerpts: In Seneca-style collapse, breakdown does not begin with institutional failure but with the exhaustion of the energetic, affective, and cognitive surpluses that once made belief, reform, and compliance feel worthwhile. This is why Desertion (Franco Berardi) (footnote 4) should be understood not as nihilism but as rational ethics […]

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Free eBook: THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE

Free eBook: THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE   Go abroad. You will be happier. Prepare for the future, book a consultation now.  Talk to us. 

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Roalds Dahl’s take on Women

  Go abroad. You will be happier. Prepare for the future, book a consultation now.  Talk to us. 

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Dreams of Beijing

Mercedes with mirror paint in Beijing. A sandstorm in Beijing. Someone thought it would be funny to embed a few aliens into this real photo. To understand this picture: during the wild times, aliens landing in insanely polluted Beijing, surrounded by all the crazy people, would have felt like nothing extraordinary—almost expected. That’s what makes […]

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