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14 June 2026 Socrates, Auschwitz, Anfal, October 7, and the question that led me to When Parochial Error Goes Global Note: A society does not become dangerous only when it knows too little. It becomes dangerous when it believes it knows with such certainty that criticism becomes corruption, doubt becomes
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Kurdistanî Azad is now being released on Substack in five parts. Instead of publishing the whole work at once, we are opening it gradually, section by section, so readers can enter the argument with care, follow its movement, and decide whether they want to continue the journey with us. Today,
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A review of Haras Rafiq’s interview on Stand Tall Israel
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By Ann-Catrin Emanuelsson & Khaled Salih 11 June 2026 The dream before the states Yesterday we announced the serialization of Kurdistanî Azad: The Long Dream of Kurdish Self-Rule. Tomorrow, the book itself begins. The first part is called The Dream Before the States. That title matters. Much writing
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The Long Dream of Kurdish Self-Rule
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Why Bad Ideas Must Be Allowed to Die Before People Do
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7 June 2026 A civilization does not become static because its people lack brains, land, resources, or favorable geography. It becomes static when its systems of explanation lose the ability to correct themselves. Its disaster is not primarily psychological. It is not merely “bias,” “prejudice,” “tribalism,” or the provincial taste
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The West does not need another sacred anchor. It needs a working Backspace Key.
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What writing in public has taught me about error, freedom, Kurdistan, and the Backspace Key.
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By Khaled Salih & Ann-Catrin Emanuelsson 1 June 2026 Today we begin sharing the first public reflections from our forthcoming book, Kurdistanî Azad: The Long Dream of Kurdish Self-Rule. This book has been with us for many years — in memory, family, research, argument, grief, hope, and the old
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1 June 2026 In my recent notes on When Parochial Error Goes Global, I have been circling one question: how does error protect itself from correction? This short piece connects that question to Steven Byrnes’s recent LessWrong reflection on empowerment, manipulation, helpfulness, obedience, and corrigibility. His concern comes from
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Ernst Haeckel, Beautiful Explanations, and the Need for Error-Correction