Episode 08 · 7 minLatest
Get It. Fund It. Build It. Run It.
Four stages, six decision gates — and two walked in depth.
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Insights on risk, insurance, and capital for AI, Energy, and Climate. Short, frequent, and written to be useful.
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Episode 07 · 21 min
AI & Climate: The Connection Brief
A genuine climate tool and a growing climate cost. Does it net out?
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Episode 06 · 22 min
Energy & Climate: The Connection Brief
Nine connections in one loop — from the atmosphere’s invoice to stranded assets.
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Episode 05 · 24 min
AI & Energy: The Connection Brief
How much power AI wants, and where it is supposed to come from.
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Episode 04 · 34 min
A Risk Pro Map to Follow Claude's Constitution
Twenty-four concepts, five spheres — every one with a name in our field.
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Episode 03 · 16 min
The Last Tab
One insurance limit decision, traced through the whole capital stack.
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Episode 02 · 10 min
What 7 Disciplines See in Top Risks 2026
Ten risks, seven professional lenses, counting down.
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Episode 01 · 13 min
2025 – When Energy and Intelligence Converged
A year in review, then the ten charts that shaped it.
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Everything written, by year.
Short pieces and long ones, newest first. The longer ones also have an audio edition above.
- 2026
- Jul 21 · 8 minGet It. Fund It. Build It. Run It.
- Jun 9 · 14 minAI & Climate: The Connection Brief
- Jun 2 · 15 minEnergy & Climate: The Connection Brief
- May 28 · 16 minAI & Energy: The Connection Brief
- May 13 · 20 minA Risk Pro Map to Follow Claude's Constitution
- Apr 20 · 1 minCapital Liberation
- Apr 15 · 1 minThe Pillar Test™
- Mar 24 · 2 minAI in Risk Management: Norway Already Answered the Question
- Mar 17 · 1 minMemorable moments from Nvidia GTC 2026
- Mar 9 · 2 minThe New Data Center Scorecard
- Feb 27 · 1 minEssay Map for an Important Essay from Dario Amodei
- Feb 16 · 7 minThe Last Tab
- Feb 3 · 1 minStress Test Result from the World's Largest Sovereign Fund
- Jan 29 · 1 minCircularity & Virtuous Circle
- Jan 23 · 2 minClarity is a Leadership Responsibility
- Jan 15 · 2 minMetabolize Uncertainty
- Jan 8 · 2 minFast Money. Slow Infrastructure.
- Jan 5 · 4 minWhat 7 Disciplines See in Top Risks 2026
- Jan 3 · 1 minIntelligent Infrastructure
- Jan 1 · 1 minThe Convergence Points of AI . Energy . Climate
35 more, from 2025.
- 2025
- Dec 29 · 1 minThe Quiet Shift in the AI Conversation
- Dec 22 · 1 minPeace to the World
- Dec 19 · 1 minWhy has Explaining AI Become so Difficult?
- Dec 18 · 1 minClean Energy Decisions can Fail in the Second-order Effects
- Dec 16 · 1 minManaging Risk is Not a Transaction
- Dec 15 · 1 minJoy to the World
- Dec 11 · 3 min2025 – When Energy and Intelligence Converged
- Dec 9 · 1 minThe Spirit of the Profession
- Dec 5 · 1 minAbout AI Spending
- Dec 3 · 1 minFlooding in Asia isn't 'their' problem
- Dec 1 · 1 minTaste of Resilience
- Nov 20 · 1 minThe Quiet Revolution in How AI Infrastructure is Financed
- Nov 17 · 1 minThe Uncomfortable Truth
- Nov 13 · 1 minWho's Financing and Building this AI Wave?
- Nov 10 · 1 minRoads, Not Carriages
- Nov 6 · 1 minAI Ecosystem
- Nov 3 · 1 minHumor is the Shadow of Intelligence
- Oct 28 · 1 minWhy Remain Hopeful?
- Oct 27 · 1 minViews that Can Shape the World
- Oct 22 · 1 minSo...Why Energy?
- Oct 16 · 1 minDid I just Hear Brené Brown Describe Insurance?
- Oct 8 · 1 minIf the World only Reaches Net Zero After 2090
- Oct 3 · 1 minMyths on Alternative Risk Management
- Oct 1 · 1 minFewer Deals. Bigger Bets.
- Sep 29 · 1 minResilience
- Sep 26 · 1 minMindset of the Future
- Sep 24 · 1 minEnergy | The Scaffolding of Global Power
- Sep 23 · 1 min'without the US'
- Sep 22 · 1 minProtecting the Net
- Sep 21 · 1 minManage the Weather vs. Manage the Climate
- Sep 19 · 1 minDon't Lose Sight of Each Other
- Sep 11 · 1 min1 Example. 1 Company. 1 Country.
- Sep 8 · 1 minPrivate Credit
- Aug 29 · 1 minEconomic Laws are not Physical Laws
- Aug 28 · 7 minWho's in the Room
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