I propose a simple quantitative model of how the power of a leader over a group is amplified when he or she starts to order the group. This model implies that a small wellinformed minority can easily govern a previously ordered majority such as hijacked passengers. The model leads to the concept, “group defense,” which stresses the importance of group members resisting enemy ordering and creati...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall a common political and economic consensus emerged, not only in the West but to a considerable extent around the world. Markets and democracy, working hand in hand, would transform the world into a community of modernized, peace-loving nations. In the process, ethnic hatred, extremist fundamentalism, and other “backward” aspects of underdevelopment would be swep...

This visual essay is an edited transcript of a presentation delivered by Judy Watson given in the 2021 symposium “Grounded Place: Dialogues Between First Nations Artists from Australia, Taiwan, and Aotearoa.” The artist speaks her Waanyi Country, near Boodjamulla National Park (Lawn Hill Gorge) north-west Queensland, discusses number artworks that reflect ongoing investigation into water, massa...