City life has hazed us and regulated our lives since time immemorial. It is civilization that depends on cities, not the other way around.

We have to evaluate the perceptions that mint facts and theory, not merely peruse the body of theories handed down to us.

The United States has fulfilled the ancient dream of universal hegemony. This first world government won’t be the last.

The artist shares her thoughts on human civilization, the universe, and the dawn of artificial intelligence.

Despite modern approaches to archaeology and preservation, as history moves forward we will only lose knowledge of the past.

The enigmatic Slovenian music group speaks with Samo Burja about the Apocalypse, artificial intelligence, and why Europe is still under occupation.

Powerful individuals are the best allies to crazy new ideas. Science is no exception.

New discoveries are adding millennia to our past. The implications should change our future.

The Industrial Revolution stopped before it was ever completed. The aftermath is not a clean and developed world, but lost knowledge and civilizational decline.

Digital centralization is increasing, and social media networks are now engaging in direct censorship. This is not a violation of the internet’s original spirit, but a necessary feature of its logic.

The most powerful members of our society work in predictable ways. So do those who join them.

The knowledge and practices needed for civilization to flourish are commonly lost. Thinkers in the Late Zhou dynasty of ancient China recognized the decline of their era and attempted to overcome it.

Technology doesn’t disrupt society. Society adopts technology through a process of social re-engineering. This can’t happen without functional institutions.

The Botswanan elite have prudently handled the succession problem, potential rival power centers, Cold War tensions, and ethnic politics. This has allowed Botswana to defy troubles that would otherwise result in a basket case state.