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Marina Gorbis

@mgorbis.bsky.social

Futures thinking all day long @iftf

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Marina Gorbis@mgorbis.bsky.social · 11m ago

In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o... “Throughout history, the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people erected monuments that redefined their cities and communities… Silicon Valley, on the other hand, has about as much cultural capital as an airport.” Yep!

Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians (Gift Article)

The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.

nytimes.com

Marina Gorbis@mgorbis.bsky.social · 2w ago

A New Book Seeks to Shame the Elites Who Caved to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o... shocking to see how powerful people are willing to sell out just for money. More understandable in totalitarian states where people’s lives are at risk. these guys are afraid to lose a comma on their income stmt

Opinion | They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They? (Gift Article)

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

nytimes.com

Marina Gorbis@mgorbis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In the meantime, US is experiencing demographic changes that undermine its future: historically low fertility rates (1.6 per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate) and net negative migration. Shooting itself in the foot. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

U.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration

U.S. population growth slowed to 0.5% between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates.

census.gov

Marina Gorbis@mgorbis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... neo-royalist order centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites (cliques). Such cliques seek to legitimize their authority through appeals to their exceptionalism in order to generate durable status hierarchy #backtothefuture

Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1

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Marina Gorbis@mgorbis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Testifying during Army-McCarthy hearings, Joseph Nye Welch chief counsel for the US Army, asked McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" This was a turning in media and public opinion of McCarthyism. Will attack on Mark Kelly and other democrats be such a moment?

Nils Gilman@nilsgilman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Among intellectuals,” Hannah Arendt observed of the early days of Nazi rule, “Gleichschaltung was the rule” — in other words, the intellectual form of anticipatory compliance. 1/3