Apologizing for Greatness
We like to think of ancient Greece and Rome as the cradle of Western civilization, yet in the underlying anthropology of family, they had more in common with classical China.
Kaiser Bauch
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Civilizational Decline in IMAX
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is not really about ancient Greece — it is about the West, and how civilization unravels once it stops believing in itself and social trust collapses.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Population Collapse
Demographic decline and climate change are mirror-image catastrophes — slow-moving, driven by billions of uncoordinated choices and beyond any government's power to reverse — we must simply adapt.
Did Communism Save Eastern Europe?
In Eastern Europe, the ideology built to bury capitalism may have done more than anything else to prepare the ground on which it finally flourished.
Anarchy in the U.K.
On the death of Henry Nowak, and more.
The Pension Apocalypse: Who Will Survive?
Not all boomers deserve the hate they get. Some governments, however, have made pension choices so reckless they are quietly bankrupting their own children — so I made a boomer tier list.
In the West's Shadow
For centuries, Eastern Europe was condemned to be a periphery whose fate was decided by outside powers. The question for the 21st century is whether that is finally changing.
A Tale of Two Continents
If you are triggered by Americans calling you Europoor, just admit you are poorer.
Life in the Most Godless Country on Earth
Welcome to the country where the ratio of pornstars to priests is, let's say, theologically uncomfortable.
The Soil Remembers: Premodern Land Scarcity and the Deep Roots of Modern Fertility
How much farmland your ancestors had per person in 1700 may still be shaping how many children you decide to have today.