Policy Tensor

On the Strategy of Coalition Warfare

Is the whole bigger than the sum of the parts?

Dec 13 • Policy Tensor

13

2

Heads I win; tails you lose

Only the house wins

Dec 2 • Policy Tensor

6

2

3

November 2025

Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?

Evidence of regression from IPUMS

Nov 20 • Policy Tensor

14

3

1

October 2025

AI May Already Be Sentient

This is a speciation event

Oct 12 • Policy Tensor

26

8

5

September 2025

The Military Potential of the Male Lineage Group

British social anthropology reconsidered

Sep 30 • Policy Tensor

30

7

6

Suicide and the Crisis of Meaning

Are we a barbaric civilization?

Sep 9 • Policy Tensor

28

7

8

The War of Numbers

Testing Todd's demographic defense hypothesis

Sep 1 • Policy Tensor

14

7

3

August 2025

The Demographic Modernization of the Muslim World

I just finished reading Youssef Courbage and Emmanuel Todd’s A Convergence of Civilizations: The Transformation of Muslim Societies Around the World…

Aug 24 • Policy Tensor

39

15

9

The Lewisian Model of Unequal Exchange

The catastrophic failure of the law of one price

Aug 11 • Policy Tensor

15

3

2

Teams of generals with vast armies: AI and the future of professional work

A good friend of mine, who wishes to remain anonymous, is one of the youngest staff engineers at Google.

Aug 6 • Policy Tensor

23

4

7

Is Economics Trapped in Orthodoxy?

Boundaries and Coherence of the Economics Discipline

Aug 4 • Policy Tensor

18

9

4

July 2025

The Problem of the Strategic Defender

Wars of rapid decision

Jul 13 • Policy Tensor

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