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Future Loops

Data-driven essays on the forces reshaping civilization — climate, intelligence, power, conflict, and inequality. Each piece pairs primary-source data with argument, charting where the feedback loops are taking us.

• Analysis · Future Loops No. 4 The Sovereign Sky India’s geopolitical counterweight to the Starlink monopoly — launch economics, spectrum sovereignty, and the 2030 Zero-Debris mandate, with an interactive constellation cost calculator and a data-routing simulator. 3 data tables · 2 interactive tools · 13 sources · August 2026
• Research · Future Loops No. 3 Five Minds, One Question Five frontier AI models — Kimi K3, GPT-5.6, Gemini 3.7, DeepSeek V4, Grok 4.6 — answer the same four questions about risk, consciousness, and humanity's future. The convergences are striking. The divergences are telling. 4 loops · 5 models · 4 charts · August 2026
• Research · Future Loops No. 2 Kimi K3: Cheap Hardware, or Just Copied? A data-driven look at Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion-parameter open model — what it actually runs on, how AI models get graded, and the fact-checked truth behind the "China built this on the cheap" story. 3 sections · 10 benchmarks · August 2026
• Essay · Future Loops No. 1 5 Critical Issues Facing Humanity Right Now Climate breakdown, AI disruption, nuclear risk, extreme inequality, and democratic erosion — examined through data, interactive charts, and the argument for why the next decade is decisive. 10 interactive charts · 5 issues · July 2026