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March of Folly: Fall of American Empire

MARCH OF FOLLY: FALL OF AMERICAN EMPIRE “Folly is a child of power.” ― Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Mankind, it seems, makes a poorer performance of government than […]

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Plato’s dream and our modern nightmare

Plato’s dream and our modern nightmare In a recent conversation a friend of mine described our modern understanding of the world around us as a conspiracy theory of the grandest proportions. We posit theories which tell us that the phenomena we witness are merely ephemera resulting from an underlying structure of whirring particles—not even atoms […]

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Economic Ideas: Plato, Aristotle, and the Ancient Greeks, Part 1

ECONOMIC IDEAS: PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THE ANCIENT GREEKS, PART 1 The ancient Greeks left a wealth of knowledge through their surviving writings on a wide variety of themes, including science, logic, philosophy, literature, and the arts. In addition, the city-state of Athens is considered the birthplace of intellectual freedom and democracy – lasting legacies that […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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Olduvai II: Exodus
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