And it is indeed now publication day. I’m sure there are vast stacks to be found in “every good bookstore”. Also coming out in German, Italian and Dutch editions this week.

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Also Thiel acknowledging, "maybe we’re going to lose the soft power war," is akin to the captain of the Titanic saying, "maybe this ship will sink," an hour after hitting the iceberg.

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The blame game between Trump’s administration and Musk over Starshield is telling. Neither wants to own the decision. Perhaps even this White House recognises there’s a political price for abandoning Ukraine. For all its bravado, there may still be limits to how far it can go.

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I suspect Vivek's ad will prove to be the first data point of declining returns.

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It is both cause and symptom of the erosion of politics as the nonviolent management of difference, replacing it with a zero-sum, victor-takes-all existential conflict. The problem is that, like massacre in civil conflict, it is by nature escalatory, as it takes more and more to shock.

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