Aug. 13—The world is observing two diametrically opposite approaches to preparing the next era of mankind. The failed colonial and neo-colonial system is frantically trying to preserve the “unipolar world” under U.S.-U.K. leadership, through provoking wars wherever possible, while the BRICS countries and the overwhelming majority of nations in the “Global South” are preparing to end colonialism once and for all, while building a new era of cooperation in scientific and industrial development of all nations.

Aug. 12—As the smoke is beginning to clear, and accounts are being taken, it is universally being recognized throughout the world that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed, and failed badly. Despite tens of billions of dollars in the most advanced weaponry, and all the other assistance given by the countries of NATO, it still has not been enough to even break Russia’s massive defensive lines in eastern Ukraine, let alone retake previously held territories.

At the August 17 Fireside Chat we will extend the work of the August 3 Fireside Chat: we will discuss Bernhard Riemann’s 1854 Habilitation Paper, and Riemann and Lyndon LaRouche’s idea of curvature and manifolds, critical to conceptualize the higher level of economic growth.