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Why Economists Keep Predicting Dubai Will Collapse
The city built on theater, not oil. And why Western models can't explain what actually holds it together.
Mar 31 • Sam Szuchan
The Real Reason Elon Posts 100 Times a Day
It's not addiction. It's something more satisfying. And more powerful.
Mar 17 • Sam Szuchan
He Created Tetris. The Soviet Union Kept Every Dollar.
The category "game designer who owns his creation" didn't exist. Not suppressed. Just absent.
Mar 3 • Sam Szuchan

February 2026

How 6 Words Almost Killed a $90 Billion Company
A secret dossier, a burning effigy, and a governance flaw.
Feb 17 • Sam Szuchan
The 2 Page Document That Cost $2 Billion
How Einstein's words convinced a President to fund the atomic bomb
Feb 10 • Sam Szuchan

January 2026

He Drank Deadly Bacteria to Prove He Was Right
The economics of being right early
Jan 27 • Sam Szuchan
The Most Misunderstood CEO in Tech
Commitment signals and the market that rewards them
Jan 20 • Sam Szuchan

November 2025

How Sam Altman Chose Influence Over Billions (And Got Both)
Influence compounds differently than capital.
Nov 18, 2025 • Sam Szuchan
Why Anthropic Wants to Pay Writers $300,000/Year
They're not paying for words. They're paying for influence.
Nov 11, 2025 • Sam Szuchan

August 2024

How I Built 100k Followers in a Year
My principles for sustainably exceptional LinkedIn growth—that you can begin implementing right now.
Aug 26, 2024 • Sam Szuchan
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