Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 3)
(Header image source) AND SO I BEGIN Recapping Part 1 and Part 2, an ascending & dominant civilization provides a long-duration low-stress environment for the majority of its residents; devoid of real fear or hardship (as compared to hunter-gatherer life, certainly), devoid of prolonged and truly-demanding physical activity for (at least) the Silk Robed SOBs […]
Generation “C”
(Header image source) I admit I’ve lost track. There are so many “Generation this-that-the other” – Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, Millennials, Boomers, and Hashem only knows what else – that I can’t keep track. We love to classify and put everything into bins. So in light of things like this I want […]
A Crisis of Trust
(Header image: Photo by Liane Metzler on Unsplash) In my last essay at Granite Grok I discussed the accumulation of knowledge as a function of the invention of written language, and how knowledge in many fields became so great that it required the development of careers where people focused on one specific field of study – doctors, engineers, […]