Writing

Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

Richard Dugan Interview Jan 2020

This morning I did a lengthy (75 minute) interview with Richard Dugan, host of Tell Me Your Story out of Santa Barbara, CA. You can listen to it…

Protecting whistleblowers from psychopaths Jan 2020

I mention in the book that the way a company treats whistleblowers is a good indication of how psychopathic its culture has become. Investment fund Blue Sky allegedly…

TMZ Seems Psychopathic To Me Jan 2020
The Wells Fargo Culture Jan 2020

In my book, The Psychopath Epidemic, I talk about how psychopaths in power can influence entire organisational cultures to become psychopathic. Even societies can become psychopathic (for example,…

Cum-ex Psychopaths Jan 2020
No half measures Jan 2020

One of the guys who created the CIA torture program says that waterboarding a prisoner, who has been held in jail for 13 years and never charged with…

Post Hot Take On Maduro Speech Jan 2020

Here’s my hot take on The Washington Post’s newsletter coverage of Venezuelan President Maduro’s recent speech. Note the obvious bias and propagandistic elements.

Recovering From A Bank Hack Jan 2020

One of the downsides of technology is that it makes it easier for bad people in distant lands to do bad things. A couple of years ago we…

Do you think Trump is a psychopath? Jan 2020

As part of World Psychopath Day, we’re taking a poll on how many people think Donald Trump might be a psychopath. Of course, this doesn’t suggest he *is*…

DEAR CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALIST Jan 2020

I’m sure we’ve all seen some pretty dumb ass posts from Australians about our role in climate change over the last week. Just reading their arguments makes me…