Pure Fun
We often forget to have fun, especially as we get older. Just sit down and ejoy ourself. A movie, a book, a game. Do it regularly so you do not forget completely, because there comes a time when it will… Read More »Pure Fun
Metod Rybar
The Gaza Trap
Tough situation if there ever was one. “So Gazans are trapped.They are trapped by the religious goals of Hamas.They are trapped by their bitterness against Israel and the losses of the last century.They are trapped by a public opinion at… Read More »The Gaza Trap
Do Arab States Support Palestine?
No. “there was not a single Arab nation-state in the world before the 20th century. We have a hard time understanding this now, but nationalism didn’t really exist until the 1700s, it spread around the world in the 1800s, and… Read More »Do Arab States Support Palestine?
Where Are All The Security Incidents?
Seeing how some people talk about AI, I would expect there would be major security breach every day nowadays. Not one. Several of them. Where are they? Some people would say, that the edge models are so protected, that bad… Read More »Where Are All The Security Incidents?
Rent Control
Won’t work in the long term.
Who Can Claim the Palestine Region?
This is why simple solutions don’t work. “Who Deserves the Land of Palestine?It depends. Who do you want?We can’t answer this question before acknowledging here the massive biases. People don’t have hard moral rules that they apply consistently across situations.… Read More »Who Can Claim the Palestine Region?
Living Through It
Just finished Endurence few days ago. Guys surviving in such conditions. Strugginling. Literary living through icy hell. World now seems to be heading into a lot of turbulence and struggle. For some comparable to that what the crew of Endurence… Read More »Living Through It
The Religion of Speed
Being fast should not be a dogma. “People rush through the part where understanding is supposed to happen, then spend ten times longer cleaning up the consequences. The original rushed work gets recorded as “fast.” The cleanup gets recorded as… Read More »The Religion of Speed
Pax Mercatus
Trade matters. “Now imagine that trade starts growing on a river. Naturally, you’re going to have bandits trying to steal your goods. This disrupts trade and makes everybody poorer. So the king pushes to enforce peace in their part of… Read More »Pax Mercatus
How Transportation Technologies Shaped Empires
Travel times matter. “Levant was closer to Mesopotamia (mostly present-day Iraq) and Anatolia (mostly present-day Turkey) so Egypt could not hold that territory for long after empires emerged there. For example, the Achaemenid Empire (Persia) emerged close to Mesopotamia, conquered… Read More »How Transportation Technologies Shaped Empires