The Industrial Revolution in Ancient Alexandria
What if the Romans had not conquered the eastern Mediterranean, but left the Greeks alone to develop steam engines, astrolabes and all manner of architectural and mechanical novelties, →
Culture
The building blocks of the present
To those who have visited Rome, Athens or Pompeii, it seems obvious that Western culture is built on pagan Greco-Roman foundations. From the Greek colonization of the eastern →
The plebeians and populism
More and more people are seeking to escape the distorted worldview of our times. An increasing number do not feel like they belong. Above all, it is people →
The failed cathedral builders
When we begin to realise that our three most celebrated ideologies are all driven by various fears, and that all these fears should be taken into account, then →
The impossible equation of our three fears
Our political currents are basically made up of three driving forces, and they are all important and worthy of consideration. I want to issue a warning in advance, →
Progressivism or scientific advancement? In anticipation of a Habsburg space empire
When I started this blog, I wholeheartedly embraced the future promises of a new and better world. And it’s not that strange, many people share that view. Over →
Anti-consumerism, class contempt and criticism of civilization
People buy too much junk. The large shopping malls are increasingly similar to shrines dedicated to the deities of waste and excess. Large companies mass produce unnecessary plastic →
The post-meritocratic society
We used to refer to the West as the free world, as opposed to the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, China etc. And there was a period around →
The tone and the glance
Fighting for justice is the finest thing there is. Already in the school books we raise people like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler and Mother Theresa. →
