Maps That Changed History
Similar applies to our mental models (maps).
Politics
America’s History
Very short version after Europeans.
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying For It
Most of economy is like this nowadays. “We’re used to the monetized form of this system, where the state pays those non-subsistence laborers, who can then buy their subsistence needs from the broader civilian economy (the loop then generally being… Read More »Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying For It
How China Works
Probably not how you think.
Planned Cities Fail
Central planning does not work.
Why Is Moscow So Weird?
Russia is weird. “How did Moscow evolve from a swampy village in the 1100s to the biggest European city with over 20M people?” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-moscow-so-weird
Why the Bronze Age collapsed
Technology shapes societies. “The difficulty involved in mining and transporting tin is one reason that access to bronze weaponry remained concentrated in military and elite institutions. The average citizen still largely relied on tools made of copper, stone, bone, or… Read More »Why the Bronze Age collapsed
Why Did Korea Split?
Russians have a history of miscalculation. “The North saw this as the South drifting apart, both as a separate country and into capitalism. They didn’t want that. And now that the Americans had left, Korea was defenseless. Kim Il Sung… Read More »Why Did Korea Split?
Dario Amodei SNL
This is exactly what AI CEOs sound to me.
Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States
Information rules. “The clergy was generally educated. They knew, among other things, the local vernacular, latin, and could read. Since the commoners didn’t speak Latin anymore, they couldn’t read the Bible directly, so the clergy became gatekeepers of the relationship… Read More »Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States