Volcanoes can be good. “And this is not just a story of “there are plenty of people in Asia”. Java has a bigger population than Japan! Even by Asian standards, Java is just extremely densely populated.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-java-so-weird
This is mo longer as clear. “Historically, the biggest driver of the number of people that could live in a specific area—the density of people—was food per acre: If one acre can produce a lot of food, it can feed… Read More »A Science of Cities
Change can happen very fast. “Electricity went from less than 5% electric to over 90% in less than 20 years!At the beginning, new technologies take some time to figure out, but once they’re ready, uptake can be vertiginous.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/peak-oil-is-coming
Yes they did. “Abortion was considered sinful, but the situation was more complicated than might be supposed. Medieval people did not think that early-term fetuses had souls, believing them to be alive but unconscious, like vegetables. Early-term abortion was thus… Read More »Did medieval people love their children?
Last colonial Empire left. “Why didn’t Russia decolonize?” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/putins-mindset-on-russia
In EU this would be basically illegal.
Noticed a pattern?
Had no idea it used to “protect” Rome.
You cannot fight destiny. “In the roulette of geographies, the US won the jackpot. Whoever held that land would become a world power. It was the inevitable empire.” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/world-chessboard
We do not teach history in a correct ways. “For every truth you hold about the past, somebody else has the opposite take. Wars, battles, invasions, conquerors, empires, nations, flags, heroes… All are stories we’re told to support the superiority… Read More »Geography Is the Chessboard of History