Conquest Capitalism: A New Theory of Capitalist Evolution

1 Capitalism as Cognitive Evolution. Capitalism is not a modern invention but an adaptive structure rooted in human cognition, shaped by biases like status-seeking and risk aversion.
2 Seven Laws of Conquest Capitalism. A new theoretical model explaining how capitalism mutates and survives through institutional change, technological amplification, and systemic flexibility.
3 From Tribal Exchange to Neural Capitalism. Traces capitalism’s expansion from early barter systems to cognitive and planetary frontiers, including AI, biosurveillance, and post-human futures.
4 Systemic Agnosticism and Institutional Mutation. Shows how capitalism thrives under diverse regimes—not due to ideology, but through adaptive capture of legal and institutional frameworks.
5 Toward Algorithmic Governance and Containment. Raises urgent questions about whether institutions can manage techno-economic acceleration before instability overtakes control.