How France Is Failing
Slovakia is on the same trajectory but from a worse baseline.
History
100,000,000 CROWPOWER and no horses on the moon
Measuring stuff is hard. “Microwave ovens run at roughly one horsepower. This sounds like nonsense unless you’re familiar with math, energy, work, dimensional analysis, electromagnetism, radiation, dielectric heating, magnetron design, and thermodynamics.Well, it sounds like nonsense until you microwave your… Read More »100,000,000 CROWPOWER and no horses on the moon
The Decline of Deviance
Let’s get weird. “Science requires deviant thinking. So it’s no wonder that, as we see a decline in deviance everywhere else, we’re also seeing a decline in the rate of scientific progress. New ideas are less and less likely to… Read More »The Decline of Deviance
Collections: A Trip Through Bertran de Born (Martial Values in the 12th Century Occitan Nobility)
Every war is different. “Consequently, the idea that ‘war builds character’ is a lot easier to sustain if the sort of warfare a society (or in this case, a class within a society) engages in produces relatively low casualty rates… Read More »Collections: A Trip Through Bertran de Born (Martial Values in the 12th Century Occitan Nobility)
Europe is under siege
And it is time we start act accordingly. “The Deluge shows that power and independence are not permanent. If you are surrounded by hostile powers, and if you don’t have the ability to guard yourself against those powers, no amount… Read More »Europe is under siege
USA Weren’t United
It happened only later on.
Collections: The Nitpicks of Power, Part III: That Númenórean Charge
Do not make shit up if it already exists. “this has been a theme of these posts but please, showrunners: when you are doing the visual design for a fantasy-historical society, you are not going to outsmart centuries of professional… Read More »Collections: The Nitpicks of Power, Part III: That Númenórean Charge
Putting the Middle Ages in Perspective
You are probably thinking wrong about Middle Ages.
New Acquisitions: Lannister Infantry Kit Review
Organization matters. “All of those tasks, in turn, require hundreds of literate, expensive bureaucrats to administer.These are not compatible systems. You can have your bannermen call up their retinues, or you can hire long-service professionals, but you cannot have your… Read More »New Acquisitions: Lannister Infantry Kit Review
New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part III
Castles were important in the middle ages. And not just because of foreign threat. “Castles – in the absence of castle-breaking cannon – shift power downward in this system, because they allow vassals to effectively resist their lieges. That may… Read More »New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part III