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When AI Passes the Medical Board: My Guide to the Education Revolution
TL;DR: This year, AI passed the entrance exam for NTU Medicine (the hardest exam in Taiwan) and won Gold at the Math Olympiad. The barrier to entry for "knowledge work" has collapsed. Parents are ...
The 2026 Great Reset: Why AI and Overproduction Are Recreating 1929
TL;DR: We are entering a strange economic paradox: gadgets are cheaper than ever, but life has never been more expensive. This "Prosperity Depression" mirrors the overproduction crisis of 1929, bu...
The Founder's Paradox: Why the Perfect System Begins with a Leader Who Refuses to Rule
TL;DR: History is littered with revolutionaries who became the very tyrants they fought against. From Cromwell to Napoleon to Castro, the pattern is almost algorithmic: seize power, hold power, di...
The Ponzi Empire: Why the Qin Dynasty is the Ultimate Case Study in Failed System Design
TL;DR: History often portrays Emperor Qin Shi Huang as a visionary conqueror. But a structural analysis reveals a darker truth: The Qin Empire wasn't a triumph of leadership; it was a "Military Po...
The Big Mac Signal: Why the "Two-Tier Economy" is Permanent in the AI Era
TL;DR: The CEO of McDonald's just dropped a truth bomb: we are officially living in a "two-tier economy." High earners are thriving on asset inflation, while the middle class is being crushed by t...
The Three Axes of Sovereignty: Why International Law is Not a Rulebook, But a System of Power, Time, and Meaning
TL;DR: Many people view international relations through a lens of static morality or outdated "historical claims." This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the system. International law is not a ...
The End of the Compute Era: Why Your Experience is Now the Only Moat Left
TL;DR: Ilya Sutskever just dropped a bombshell that the "Scale Era" of AI is over. Simply stacking more GPUs will no longer solve our problems. We are entering a new "Research Era" where the bottl...
The Magic of Disappearing Deposits: Decoding China's 2025 Banking "Great Reshuffle" and the Transfer of Bad Debt
TL;DR: In 2025, China's banking sector unleashed an unprecedented wave of consolidation. Under the "Village to Branch" policy, hundreds of small local banks are being swallowed by state-owned gian...
The Globalization Mirage: Why the "End of History" Was Just a 20-Year Ceasefire
TL;DR: We often ask, "Did globalization fail?" The harsh reality is that it was doomed from the start. It was built on a fundamental misunderstanding of national power and the inherent incompatibi...
Forget Google: Your Next 1,000 Users Are on AI Search. And the Rules are Dead.
TL;DR: The era of winning on Google's "10 blue links" is over. Your next 1,000 users are not coming from traditional search; they're coming from an AI's definitive answer. This isn't an evolution;...
The 2026 IDE Strategy: How to Choose Your AI Model in Antigravity
TL;DR: The era of sticking to one AI model for everything is over. In the new "Antigravity" IDE environment, your efficiency depends on Model Arbitrage—switching between models based on the co...
The Introvert's 'Trust Layer': A Guide to Building Influence Without 'Networking'
TL;DR: The traditional concept of "networking" is a flawed model for many introverted professionals. The more effective, authentic strategy is to stop "networking" and start building a **"Trust La...