reflections from a nerd

The International Order Did Not Fail Because It Was Too Weak. It Failed Because It Lied to Itself.

The International Order Did Not Fail Because It Was Too Weak.

2 hrs ago • dirk

June 2026

Quantum Spielerei 20: The Wavefunction Choreographer

Quantum Spielerei is playful physics: real concepts, irresponsible metaphors, and just enough accuracy to avoid being arrested by a theorist.

Jun 15 • dirk

Regulation Is Not Engineering, EU vs. Apple

Brussels, Apple, and the Gospel of Perfect Regulation

Jun 12 • dirk

Democracy Is Stuck in the Mud

Democracy Is Stuck in the Age of the Strongman

Jun 10 • dirk

Quantum Spielerei 19: The Particle That Knows the Answer

Here is the annoying thing about quantum physics.

Jun 8 • dirk

The Academics We Love — Or Not

There is a special kind of innocence in the academic world.

Jun 5 • dirk

May 2026

Quantum Spielerei 18: Quantum Bureaucracy — The Wavefunction of Paperwork

Quantum Bureaucracy — The Wavefunction of Paperwork

May 4 • dirk

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April 2026

Reality Has Entered the Chat

Why our institutions still command while the world has learned to answer back

Apr 18 • dirk

Quantum Spielerei 17: When We Finally Let the Universe Do the Computing

Quantum Spielerei:

Apr 6 • dirk

The Age of Procedural Inflation

The State Keeps Writing Rules for a World It No Longer Understands

Apr 4 • dirk

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February 2026

Quantum Spielerei 16: The Day the Quantum World Moved Upstairs

Quantum Spielerei: The Day the Quantum World Moved Upstairs

Feb 17 • dirk

January 2026

Faustian Foreign Policy: Are Global Powers Selling Out the Future?

Geopolitics: From Short-Termism to Transactionalism

Jan 10 • dirk

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