Amritendu Ghosal·Oct 31ImpermanenceOn fallen empires, the illusion of permanence, and the joy of an ending.
Akashmaitreya·Oct 27I AM ONE ABOVE ALLThe concept of one above all precedes our thoughts over everything. The title of Krishna/Kalki predefined reality. The thought of just…
InScripting HorizonsbySimon Hennessy·Oct 17How Great Civilisations Slowly Forget Why They SucceededEdward Gibbon’s history of Rome’s decline appeared in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, and readers have been borrowing its mood ever…
Christine McDougall·Oct 15What do we need now to feel safe?I heard a politician say that governments have a responsibility to keep their citizen safe.
The Friedel Chronicles·Oct 8What has technology done for us?Are we no better off than mankind was in the stone age? Some despondent contemporaries believe that is the case. But is it?
Bharath·Sep 13The Energy Beneath Civilisation: How Power Shapes Human PossibilityFrom agricultural surpluses to fossil fuels, the history of civilisation is also a history of expanding access to usable energy
Bharath·Sep 6The Paradox of Optimisation: When Efficiency Begins to Undermine ResilienceWhy systems become fragile when every source of slack, redundancy and excess is treated as waste
Bharath·Aug 23Evolutionary Mismatch: When Survival Instincts Outlive Their PurposeHow modern civilisation has transformed the conditions under which ancient human tendencies evolved
Captain Babosa·Jul 30Civilization: ParadoxImagine a village at the edge of a river. Small enough that everyone knows everyone. Big enough that someone has already started arguing…
Bharath·Jun 26The Limits of Permanence: Why Civilisations Become FragileWhy no society can rely on past success without continual renewal
