Artificial intelligence demands an evolution in human consciousness – The inner challenge of the technological age – The convergence between strategic thinking and inner knowledge – Artificial intelligence and the responsibility of human thought Strategic Thinking, Consciousness and Technology: A Necessary Convergence for Our Time We are living in a singular moment in human history. […]

The 1953 armistice froze the conflict, but the strategic tension between North and South Korea remains. – The geopolitical division of Korea – A suspended conflict When we attended secondary school at the “Joaquín Suárez” high school, the older students passed down to us a chant used to encourage the school team whenever it competed

How the abandonment of the gold standard enabled the expansion of the state and transformed Uruguay’s economic incentives. – Institutional discipline and the limits of monetary power – Inflation as an implicit tax – The shift toward a rent-seeking economy The reversal in the flow of capital The abandonment of the gold standard and the

How state capture of agro-export rents transformed a private capital accumulation economy into a political system sustained by consuming productive wealth. The Collapse of Uruguay’s Extractive State How state capture of agro-export rents transformed a private capital accumulation economy into a political system sustained by consuming productive wealth. Did the state build the nation, or

A reflection on the practical verification of international institutions and on the real performance of the United Nations in world conflicts. – The verification of facts as a criterion of reality – The gap between institutional design and historical reality – The United Nations and the management of global conflicts VERIFICATION… Many people believe that

Most of today’s wars in the region do not arise from ancient rivalries but from the clash between a vanished imperial order and an artificial system of nation-states created after World War I. There is a widely spread idea that the Middle East is naturally a conflict-prone region. This situation is often attributed to ancient

How early twentieth-century Uruguay allowed immigrants to prosper through economic freedom, property rights and individual initiative. – Uruguay’s liberal environment and immigrant opportunity – Individual merit as the engine of progress – State expansion and the rising cost of entrepreneurship The “Uruguayan Model” of Immigration: A Real Example of Hayek and Rand At the beginning

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have adopted laws restricting communist symbols to protect their sovereignty and prevent the return of totalitarian ideologies. Historical memory as a tool of democratic defenseProhibition of totalitarian symbols in the Baltic statesThe tension between national security and democratic freedoms – Historical memory as a tool of democratic defense– Prohibition of totalitarian

Hayek and Ayn Rand warned that permanent subsidies can transform democracy into a system of political privilege and economic dependence. – Subsidies and the expansion of political power– Hayek and the transformation of democracy into interest group politics– Ayn Rand and the concept of the “aristocracy of pull” SOCIAL JUSTICE: DISCRIMINATION WITH MALICE All subsidies