Academic papers and working drafts from the Disease Eradication Plan project.
Think by Numbers runs cost-benefit analyses for a species that spends $604 on weapons for every $1 on clinical trials. We suspect a math error.
Posts, Ranked by Extinction-Prevention Potential
Cybercrime costs $10.5 trillion annually—larger than every economy except the US and China. AI will scale this parasitic drain exponentially, creating an "inverse singularity" where evil profit margins attract the smartest minds, while governments waste money on tanks instead of cybersecurity.
The first commercially viable propulsion system powered entirely by a single startled domestic cat. 340% thermal efficiency. No fossil fuel. No patent. Build it freely.
Watch humanity's vital signs live. See military spending outpace disease research in real time.
US military spending 1914-2007. Countries spend trillions preparing to kill each other, then kill each other, then prepare again. Beautiful cycle.
A dFDA strategy for getting other people to build everything through open APIs and bounties, like WordPress but for not dying.
You pay 3,400 humans to audit a ledger that could audit itself. Then you wait eighteen months for the results.
Reusable outreach email templates for institutions considering whether to host the first Earth Optimization Prize pilot.
Gas chromatography proves Budweiser isn't watered down. Day drinking becomes "data collection" with scientific equipment involved.
Your destructive economy (military + cybercrime) is 12-15% of GDP and growing faster than your actual economy. The Soviet Union collapsed at 15-18%. You have about 15 years. Choose wisely.