From the New World

Escaping the Permanent Underclass

Morality, Regained

6 hrs ago • Brian Chau

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March 2026

Total Degrowth Narrative Victory

Paul Ehrlich, the most influential antinatalist, died last week. Ehrlich’s ideas were terrible for the world, and grew in popularity the more damage…

Mar 20 • Brian Chau

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Is Singapore Boring?

Singapore is not boring. Its marvelous architecture blends East Asian pleasantness with Western conceptual design.

Mar 11 • Brian Chau

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February 2026

The Post-Post-Apocalypse

Collected truth nukes from 2025 and a review of the real life Network State

Feb 16 • Brian Chau

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June 2025

The Thiel-Andreessen Axis

on hypergrowth

Jun 30, 2025 • Brian Chau

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Why Congress Should Stop State AI Laws

The Most Important Measure in the Big Beautiful Bill

Jun 26, 2025 • Brian Chau

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Lumpenspace: Reasoning Models and The Last Man

also we solve dating

Jun 15, 2025 • Brian Chau and Lumpen Space Princeps

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Richard Hanania Megasode

Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the Anti-Woke Movement

Jun 9, 2025 • Brian Chau and Richard Hanania

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IVF and the Ideology of the Eternal Present

“Your Uber Driver has Crashed, Another Will Arrive Shortly”

Jun 7, 2025 • Brian Chau

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How DC Missed Deepseek

I have a massive retrospective in Arena Magazine on the systemic reasons DC didn’t hear about DeepSeek until 2025.

Jun 5, 2025 • Brian Chau

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Why You’re Wrong About AI Data

Most people believe data legibility is a moat; in reality it guarantees no moat.

Jun 3, 2025 • Brian Chau

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May 2025

Public Intellectual Privilege

Why You Should Write (and Exist in the Future)

May 27, 2025 • Brian Chau

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