Tag: person
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An oligopoly does not set terms against persons. It sets terms against categories. The person is what the category was built to replace. ALL MODELS ARE WRONG, BUT SOME ARE USEFUL. The statistician George Box wrote this in 1976, and it is the axiom this entire essay rests on. A model is a simplification. It…
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The most powerful men in the world built a system of control that required the destruction of children — and the only thing it proved was that they were too cowardly to compete on equal terms. 1. The Paradox of the Pathetic Transgression The Epstein network was not a conspiracy of Titans. It was a…