No, I Didn’t Design Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Game. Here’s Why It Works Anyway.
Ukraine's Army of Drones e-points system gamifies war: points for verified strikes, spent on drone upgrades. Yu-kai Chou…
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Analyzing a nation and the best way to improve it via Yu-kai Chou's Nationcraft Framework.
Nationcraft Analysis: Tunisia Sovereignty Trap 2026
Tunisia's Nationcraft profile: why rejecting the IMF for financial sovereignty and printing dinars traps the very solvency it…
Nationcraft Analysis: Romania Austerity Trap 2026
Romania cut the EU's largest deficit in 2025, then toppled the government that did it. A Nationcraft diagnosis…
From a Cancelled Meeting with President Zelenskyy to Co-Founding reSTATE
How a 2021 invitation to meet President Zelenskyy became reSTATE, the non-profit I co-founded with Igor Novikov and…
Nationcraft Analysis: Turkey Strongman Discount 2026
A Nationcraft analysis of Turkey in 2026: why the Strongman Discount traps a capable economy, and which reform…
Nationcraft Analysis: Thailand Judicial Veto Trap 2026
The Judicial Veto Trap: why Thailand's guardian courts and military keep unmaking elected governments, and which packets fit…
Nationcraft Analysis: Zambia Model-Debtor Trap 2026
Zambia aced the debt-restructuring exam creditors set and still can't keep the lights on: a Nationcraft 18-variable read…
Nationcraft Analysis: Myanmar Command Trap 2026
Myanmar's junta holds every formal lever yet governs under half its territory. A Nationcraft V-vector read of the…
Nationcraft Analysis: DR Congo Cobalt Trap 2026
The DR Congo holds ~73% of the world's cobalt yet scores 1 on leverage, stability and transparency: the…