Now is the time of monsters“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” -Antonio GramsciNov 211Nov 211
Spiral Galaxies EverywhereWith the advent of our Age of Artificial Intelligence, the world appears to have descended into a state of funk. Jobs are disappearing…Oct 14Oct 14
Neocons and neocolonialsNeocon ideas have dominated foreign policy in the United States for the last 30 years or so. Neocons wish to perpetuate American hegemony…Sep 75Sep 75
The programmers and the programmedAlthough the coming decades will see populations shrink in most of the world, the West will experience an existential crisis due to…Aug 72Aug 72
China as the Middle Kingdom: Lessons for US and IndiaEvery civilization is effectively hardwired for decline and self-destruction. What gave it energy once becomes the instrument of its…Jul 313Jul 313
Destruction of cultural heritageThe disruptive change in political and social order in the next few decades due to mass migration and collapsing populations will be…Jul 25Jul 25
Replacement migrationThere is a looming collapse of population in most parts of the world (leaving out the Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and…Jul 233Jul 233
Disappearing Western NationsWhat makes a nation and a culture? The people with the unstated social conventions and beliefs, or the language?Jul 312Jul 312
The Plague and its AftermathSince the world is expecting a historic reduction in population, it is instructive to look at earlier instances of large population decline…May 233May 233
Opium and the Taiping RebellionThe most important event in China in the 19th century was the Taiping Rebellion, one of the bloodiest in history with an estimated 20 to 30…May 232May 232