For centuries, economies have been shaped by greed—extractive, short-sighted, and tethered to corruption. Today, we have a choice: keep patching a broken system or design one from scratch that serves the long-term good. I’m looking for a dozen leaders—startup founders, innovators, dreamers—to join me in this mission.
The fundamental challenge with capitalism is not the system itself, but the greed of those who lead these systems. Take Google's ad platform as a perfect example of greed—it returns a mere 3% success rate when someone clicks your ad - IF you are a GOOD marketer. Said differently, 97% of the time, Google—which has been MINING, BUYING, and SELLING our digital souls for 25 YEARS—guesses incorrectly for their "customers" 97% of the time. Every time you click, Google charges a business for the privilege of your eyeballs. They steal money from small businesses and redirect it to executives, shareholders, and a small portion to their employees.
Google has effectively taken a business model that is wrong 97% of the time and made it into one of the most powerful organizations in the world. You have better odds in Vegas to win than on Google's add platform.
This isn't capitalism. Authentic capitalism involves making things and selling them at a profit to benefit both the creators of the product and the buyers of the 'thing.' Money isn't a THING. It is a tool of exchange. My time and energy for money. My money for experiences and material posessions I have earned.
We've seen this pattern across history. A history of bad kings. From the ancient kings who determined people could own/sell others as slaves, to the bankers who invented the concept of earning money for nothing. At that decision point in our history, we chose to dishonor a sacred belief. It used to be immoral if you grew weaith without labor. In the Bible, it's listed in 1 of the ten commandments. GREED.
Brian Thompson (UnitedHealthcare CEO) is the poster child example of one of the greediest and most corrupt industries of our time (excluding government/criminals.) He succeeded in his profession by doing everything he could to make more money for himself and his shareholders. He paid the price with his life because one man decided he was done with the corruption. The price of wealth has increased and it now may cost your life.
I look back on the story of Cain and Abel. When Cain spread his "seed" once he left the mountain, his children inherited his greed.
If Brian Thompson is a modern descendent of Cain, then could Luigi Mangione be a modern descendent of Abel? A sheep herder defending his flock? In this life he chose murder to murder a king that represented the corruption of "heathcare" instead of allowing his flock to continue to be murdered by the corrupt system that murders hundreds of thousands of people annually whilst claiming to provide life-saving services to those customers. While I don't condone his actions, I do understand them and the motives behind them.
Luigi Mangione is a David fighting agains a sea of Goliaths with the only weapon he could wield. A gun.
Brian Thompson's game of life was designed around a concept - "greed is good." His education and career advancements reinforced his belief that the purpose of business was to increase shareholder wealth. Only just a little greed though, not enough to be considered criminals. And when you multiply that small amount of greed by tens of millions of people to the tune of hundreds and thousands of dollars per month, that's how you become the head of a public company.
Enrich the shareholders and fleece the customers.
The penalties on this earth for greed are living the life of your dreams, celebrated as a business hero. Bryan Thompson's life, his success, his personal "heaven on earth", was built upon the bodies of his dying customers, a system that "serves" 149 million people. I do feel empathy for the people who lost a beloved friend, husband and father. His values were the same as any other executive trained in the same systems. He was being exactly who he was told to be in the world and reached the pinnacle of success. He rose in the ranks to be the winner in a corrupt corporation and was celebrated for his success.
Millenia of greed has created a society built on "money for nothing"—Wall Street, influencers, banks (what do they even do? Let's go digital already. This is second-grade math.) The game of Monopoly has literally ruined the world. In our world, God helps the ones in life who got the lucky roll of the dice. They who received the gifts of wealthy parentage to attend the right schools, have the right friends, to be in the right place at the right time.
Here's the question - Does God play dice with the universe? Or is this part of an ineffable plan?
At its core, Dharma is the principle of living in alignment with truth, purpose, and the natural order of the universe.
Originating from Sanskrit, Dharma is a concept deeply rooted in Eastern philosophies, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It represents an individual’s duty, ethical responsibility, and the higher calling that guides one’s actions.
Unlike rigid rules or externally imposed obligations, Dharma is about understanding your unique role in the world and acting in a way that supports harmony, growth, and the well-being of all. In a business context, Dharmic Capitalism applies this philosophy to entrepreneurship and economics—creating companies that are not just profit-driven but serve a higher purpose, contribute to long-term societal good, and foster sustainability.
True Dharmic businesses operate with integrity, balance, and conscious decision-making, ensuring that their success benefits not just shareholders but employees, customers, communities, and the planet.
Why don't these businesses exist today? Or - DO THEY and they are hidden gems in a sea of garbage?
I am an Ayn Rand superfan. My last name is by design and I adopted her heroine as my avatar of life. A symbol to live up to. I also believe that Ayn Rand is partially responsible for our modern "CEO-worship" culture. She created a mythos of the heroic CEO as the Atlas that holds up the company. Yet even in her own work, Dagny Taggart knew that she needed "men with brains" to help her run the railroad. She knew she couldn't do it alone. She was fighting to the very end to protect her workers and the people against evil—against the government beauracrats who were making money for nothing on the backs of the people.
In Ayn Rand's book, Atlas Shrugged, she used the word greed to describe her heroes, the industrialists who were shaping the world. If you read their story though, they weren't focused on money. Money was a tool of trade - effort for effort. They did it because they were creators. They designed a vision of the world and molded it to their vision. They led others who believed in their brilliance.
The truth of every organization is that there is no single Atlas holding up the world. Not one person creates all the value of a company. The business world today is built by the hands of many people, creating Archimedes Lever collectively.
In Dagny's story, she joined the bloodless revolutionaries who, instead of fighting the corruption and greed, they shrugged and left the masses to fend for themselves. They took their inventions and saved it for themselves, abandoning the rest of humanity who fell prey to an educational system that taught them not to think and not to question objective reality.
In our own history, Socrates was sentenced to death for the crime of corruption of the youth. His crimes? 1. Believing in a single god and 2. encouraging the youth to question the teachings of their parents. The men of his time didn't like that and murdered him through a jury of his "peers." Socrates accepted his sentence (he could have escaped and lived his life in exile.) He chose to accept his fate because he believed he was missing something his peers saw as truth. The modern question is, will we do the same? Will we accept the judgement, systems and economics forced upon us by those in power designed to subvert the masses into modern slavery. Today we have earned the right to move from slave owner to slave owner (housed via an entity called a "corporation"), but the vast majority of us are not getting ahead. Soon, the vast majority of us will experience a new depression unlike any we have seen in history. It's already begun.
Many heroes over the ages have risen to defend what is good. There are too many to list in my novella here. These heroes are the ones that aspired to envision a new world and created movements that transformed reality. We live in a new epoch and now it's time for new heroes to emerge.
Artificial Intelligence represents humanity's greatest ally in this struggle. After 28 years in tech, I have seen firsthand that the advancements of the past two years mark the most significant leap in human history. Technology is quantum-leaping our collective knowledge, resources, and productivity—and remarkably, this power is available to virtually anyone for only $20 a month.
Over the past several weeks, I have completed hundreds of thousands of dollars of work. One morning, I am leveraging MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR databases—something previously impossible for a single individual. AI will enable one-person and even zero-person unicorns. There are people working on this now. I am one of them.
This technology can either enslave or free us, depending on how we learn to use it. I've been using this technology since it became publicly available. It has done my writing, created my graphics, served as my thought partner on various business plans, functioned as my videographer, coder (with skills that just received a massive upgrade this week), scripter, and literally been my voice.
I see the immense power this technology offers when wielded by both good and malevolent actors. In the WRONG hands, it can develop ethnocentric viruses, modern versions of concentration camps biomedically engineered to target the "unwanted". Or it be used to steal money from the poor to buy bevlin goods for criminals.
In the RIGHT hands, it can hunt down criminals and cure ALL illnesses.
Today we face a choice between dystopia and utopia—between 1984 and Atlantis—happening NOW, in our lifetime.
The question is, do we want a world that is created by design- crowdsourced by humanity, or continue to live in a world of default designed by those with the power and wealth that control - well, pretty much everything.
AI Safety rests in the hands of: 1. the corporations that control the AI systems and 2. the hands of the users. Our origins of biblical laws began with a handful of rules - influenced by the religious leaders at that time to influence and lead the cultures of their tribes. Prometheus stole fire to give it to the humans, a technology that has been used for both destruction and good. AI is the modern version of that fire, built upon the ingenuity of thousands of years of math, science, engineering, and technological innovation by scientists who wanted a future for humanity greater than what we could envision.
One man in the 1920's rose to power with a book and a movement. That single man has created more destruction, death, and hatred in the world than any in history. In 9 years with a book and a mission, he went from convicted felon to Furer. What propaganda campaign could a modern-day Hitler create? (Or a different question - what propagandist campaigns EXIST today as a result of our modern technological oligarchy?)
Saltpeter and charcoal are the core ingredients to make either fireworks or bullets. The choice lies in that of the creator. We harnessed the power of the atom to destroy cities and end the world war. We have also used it to provide inexpensive power and create the level of technological abundance that we currently possess in this world. It's not the AIs that are unsafe. It's the wisdom the AIs hold in the hands of people who would harm others that makes AI unsafe.
This can be a revolution, or an EVOLUTION. The AI evolution is fundamentally different from previous technological shifts. It represents a democratization of capabilities that were once the exclusive domain of massive corporations or specialized professionals. This technology serves as both a tool, and also serves as a thought partner.
Unlike previous technologies that often consolidated power, AI has already distributed it to the masses. The traditionally resource-intensive tasks that once required corporate infrastructure are now accessible through conversational interfaces that any person has access to. This fundamental shift challenges the very power structures that have enabled systemic greed to flourish.
However, this technological revolution presents us with a profound choice. We must ensure that this power serves the many rather than enriching the few. By combining wisdom about equitable exchange with cutting-edge technology, we can design new frameworks for collaborative decision-making and new businesses and business models that serve everyone.
The dharmic game of life isn't a minimization exercise - what can I extort from you to win. The real game of life is a maximization exercise. How can we do the most with the resources we have? The fundamental challenge isn't the systems themselves—it's ensuring they operate with integrity to serve customers over greed. With AI as a lever, we now possess the tools to move the world.
Imagine a coalition of startups committed to solving global problems focused on prosperity for all over profit for a few. We might build tech that prioritizes community ownership, or supply chains that reward ethical labor. I don’t have the blueprint, just a rough idea, but I know it starts with us— leaders willing to design, experiment, and grow together. Leaders who are done with business models where CEOs earn 300x their workers pay while dodging taxes to pay for their yahts and private islands. Leaders who want to see ALL boats rise in our communities and embrace the multinational cultures that have survived and evolved through the ages.
I’m not here to preach—I’m here to build. If you’re a leader, a founder, or a startup with a pulse for change, let’s talk. I want 12 of you to start this with me and I'm looking for successful business leaders who want to help us design the future. No dogma, just ideas—a shared hunger to design an economy that’s not shackled to the past.
Here's how you can get involved:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
- Archimedes
The Archimedes Lever initiative proposes a revolutionary approach to transform our world by combining wisdom and collectives with modern technology, creating systems that serve the 99% through innovative investment, ethical oversight, and collective action. This initiative aims to bridge the gap between individual transformation and systemic change, using both spiritual and technological tools to create sustainable, positive global impact.
Phase 1: Initial Power & Resource Generation (NOW)
Building foundational support through innovative approaches that combine traditional and technological methods. We need resources - both time and money.
Phase 2: Foundation Building Through Business (SUMMER 2025)
Create an event focused on 13 startups creating solutions for global problems. These 13 will become mentors for the next generation of companies creating collaborative and comprehensive solutions serving their customers and broader humanity.
This includes designing new business models that shift from money to creation and innovation. Our vision is all boats rise together.
Phase 3: Vision Creation (MID-LATE 2025)
Developing a comprehensive blueprint that integrates AI and modern technologies, providing an actionable vision of crowdfunded investments, creating a world by design instead of by default.
Phase 4: The Archimedes Foundation (TBD)
Establishing the Archimedes Foundation to implement this vision through:
Technologist and Entrepreneur
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