Scott Smith

Scott Smith

Futurist, writer, explicador.
Dec 27
A lighted No Exit sign.

Risk-maxxing and the Death of the Middle Path

For older generations, risk is a choice. For Gen Z, it's a trap.
10 min read
Dec 14
Living in Someone Else's Bet

Living in Someone Else's Bet

A look at risk-maxxing from an NPC's point of view.
4 min read
Aug 13
Bunker Mentality

Bunker Mentality

Sven Holm's spare vision of privilege at the end times.
3 min read
Jul 04
The Era of Risk-Maxxing

The Era of Risk-Maxxing

Power chooses chaos over caution in unstable times
8 min read
Jun 22
Doing Nothing Isn't a Strategy

Doing Nothing Isn't a Strategy

Strategic thinking shrinks as the future accelerates
4 min read
Oct 06
Always Fighting the Last Insurrection

Always Fighting the Last Insurrection

Why America keeps rehearsing its own collapse
4 min read
Apr 26
Apes on a Treadmill

Apes on a Treadmill

Nuclear War scenarios and the automation of destruction
4 min read
Apr 14
Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions

What Civil War gets right about American fracture
4 min read
Jan 21
How Did We Get Here?

How Did We Get Here?

The retreat to intimate media in a broken information age
3 min read