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Quantum Spielerei 3: Truth on Back-Order
Think you’ve seen it all?
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Red Tape vs. Neural Nets: Why Bureaucracy Keeps Losing the AI War
Subtitle: How top‑down dinosaurs in education and finance keep tripping over tomorrow’s technology—and what bottom‑up insurgents can do about it.
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Red Tape vs. Neural Nets: Why Bureaucracy Keeps Losing the AI War - Deep Dive
Bureaucracies, AI, and Adaptive Governance in the 21st Century: Education and Financial Regulation Case Studies
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dirk
Quantum Spielerei 2 - Reality, Roasted
A soft silhouette of a head faces the breeze of wavy quantum lines—quiet colors, plenty of negative space, and a single circle hinting at the elusive…
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“Diversity™ – When Difference Becomes Dogma”
Welcome to the satirical side of diversity.
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“Diversity™ – When Difference Becomes Dogma” - Deep Dive
Introduction
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Quantum Spielerei 1
a lone figure meditating on a gentle hill while subtle concentric ripples – hints of ever‑present fields – drift overhead.
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When Complexity Outruns Governance: Western Institutions Struggle in Health, Infrastructure, and Education
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April 2025

Monopoly Mindset vs. Modular World: A Slow-Motion Train Wreck
The Complexity Curve Is Going Vertical
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dirk
From Paradoxes in Education to Public Sector Fatalism
I recently posted a response to Kirschers post about the paradox of progressivism in education…
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dirk
How to Avoid a Civilization Crash: The Art of Listening to the Universe
Loopback: The Universe’s Secret Ingredient (and Why We Mustn’t Forget It)
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When “Traditional is the New Progressive” is Just Old Wine in a Cracked Flask
A spicy takedown of education nostalgia, and why AI might just save the progressive dream
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