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ESG means technology

Russian invasion of Ukraine changed the world. Suddenly the winter came and we appeared in the desert of the Real. People and companies…

6 min readMar 21, 2022

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ESG means technology

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Jakub Simek

Game B vs Balaji Srinivasan — Conviviality through tech progressivism and optimalism

I want to compare two movements of sophisticated thinkers that excite me today — Game B that emerged from complexity thinkers around Santa…

6 min readDec 22, 2021

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On simulacra, noopolitik and regenerative futures

Noopolitik shouldn’t be only about “Whose story wins” in the short term. But more about whose story is the most regenerative to our global…

24 min readJan 31, 2021

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On simulacra, noopolitik and regenerative futures

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On transculture, metaconcerts and hyperobjects

Recently I tried to capture some ideas from ongoing dialogues between Jordan Hall, John Vervaeke and Gregg Henriques that revolve around…

7 min readSep 20, 2020

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On transculture, metaconcerts and hyperobjects

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Jordan Hall’s Civium — Hacking the deep code of metaculture

I am quite excited by Civium, the new project of Jordan Hall, one of the thinkers that came up with the Game B idea.

8 min readAug 29, 2020

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Orthogonal Approaches of Balaji Srinivasan

Balaji Srinivasan is an accomplished inventor and investor who saw the COVID-19 pandemics very early and was tweeting about it fulltime…

9 min readAug 9, 2020

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Orthogonal Approaches of Balaji Srinivasan

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Opaque Renaissance — From playing Game B to taking Box B

Alchemy made a big comeback through the rise of AI governance. Suddenly black boxes are everywhere. They collect inputs, run them through…

7 min readJul 26, 2020

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Opaque Renaissance — From playing Game B to taking Box B

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The Talebian and Thielian Moment

The current COVID-19 pandemics allows us to witness the end of two ideas. The end of history and the end of future have both themselves…

16 min readApr 19, 2020

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The Talebian and Thielian Moment

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We need to accelerate Game B, while Game A decelerates in crisis

We live through the current coronavirus pandemic and see its effects on people and the economy, as globalization is decelerating. Jim Rutt…

7 min readMar 19, 2020

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Utopias are hyperobjects not perfections

I got this idea over the weekend, when I listened to Tristan Harris describing climate change as a hyperobject, on another great episode…

4 min readFeb 4, 2020

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Utopias are hyperobjects not perfections

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Jakub Simek

Jakub Simek

I cofounded Sote Hub in Kenya and am interested in technological progressivism, complexity, mental models and memetic tribes.

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