Why the US is deporting so many people
How stopping immigration made it worse in the end.
Economics
Humanity Will Shrink Sooner
We are going into population decline soon.
How PCR Came from Basic Research
Decades later. [Radiolab] The Age of Aquaticus #radiolab https://podcastaddict.com/radiolab/episode/197133687 via @PodcastAddict
Medicine is uncertain: embracing that makes doctors better
Unfortunately seen this first hand. ‘The medical system’s entire ethos is built on the idea that it knows what it knows… If you’re in a body that’s at the edge of medical knowledge, your symptoms don’t map onto tidy test… Read More »Medicine is uncertain: embracing that makes doctors better
Practical Polytheism, Part I: Knowledge
Religion did not work like you think it did. “over time, these customs won’t seem so strange anymore. Humans have a tendency to assume that whatever the customs – for instance, for diplomacy – are in our time, that this… Read More »Practical Polytheism, Part I: Knowledge
Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires?
Empires are not what you probably think. “Empire, I should note, seems to be one of – if not the – dominant form of large-scale human social organization since at least the bronze age (which is to say: since as… Read More »Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires?
Collections: The Lonely City, Part II: Real Cities Have Curves
Cities define transportation which define other cities. “The impact of these sorts of roads can actually be observed archaeologically, because they tend to come quite late historically and thus alter pre-existing settlement patterns, so we can see exactly how they… Read More »Collections: The Lonely City, Part II: Real Cities Have Curves
Collections: The Lonely City, Part I: The Ideal City
Cities aren’t what they used to be. “The role of infrastructure is also different. We are also used to cities as the center-point lynch-pins of infrastructure networks – roads, rail, sea routes, fiber-optic cable, etc. That isn’t false when applied… Read More »Collections: The Lonely City, Part I: The Ideal City
WTF Happened In 1971?
Bad money. https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
What happened in 2007?
“Smartphones grab our attention so powerfully that if they merely vibrate in our pockets for a tenth of a second, many of us will interrupt a face-to-face conversation, just in case the phone is bringing us an important update.“ https://whathappenedin2007.com