Why Brute Force Beats Human Insight in AI—and What That Means for Geopolitics, Energy, and Civilization

To mark the first anniversary of my debut non-fiction book on meaning and the inner workings of our lives, I’m sharing one of my favorite excerpts on mimetic theory and the anatomy of desire.

https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.com/novel

Where Tennis Becomes Theatre and Tradition Meets Quiet Luxury.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The script was generated from a substack article I wrote: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/clay-courts-and-champagne-a-weekend

Thoughtless Thinking, Cognitive Offloading, and the Quiet Decline of Deep Work.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The script was generated from a substack article I wrote: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/we-are-nothing-and-thats-not-nothing

What a rodent utopia, cosmic odds, and existential dread reveal about the human condition.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The script was generated from a substack article I wrote: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/we-are-nothing-and-thats-not-nothing

From immortality to artificial intelligence, we are advancing faster than we can adapt—exploring the human cost of progress in an ever-changing world.

The Death of Superpowers: Lessons from 500 Years of Hegemony.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). The blog post is on my Substack: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/the-pursuit-of-happiness-and-the

- Vipulesh Thiyagarajah
Author of "Sonder: An Existential Manifesto"

How Personality, Proximity, and Psychology Shape the People We Become.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). 

Originally written on my Substack Blog.

- Vipulesh Thiyagarajah
Author of "Sonder: An Existential Manifesto"

An Existential Reading of History, Memory, and the Generational Mandate.

The ideas explored in this essay are drawn from a chapter I originally wrote for my book, Sonder: An Existential Manifesto (2024). 

If this resonated, I write weekly on history, economics, and human potential. Subscribe to my substack: https://vipuleshthiyagarajah.substack.com/p/the-crisis-generation-why-gen-z-stands

Why Consistency Outperforms Market Timing in Investing.