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The Long View 2005-06-27: Persian Populist Surprise; Terraforming; the Emerald City

Spengler [David P. Goldman] and John Reilly had sets of ideas that were mildly adversarial and mildly complementary. I don't know whether they ever corresponded. For example, Spengler was right that democracy in the Middle East would unleash terror and war. John Reilly was right that Iran is

The Long View: Inventing the Middle Ages

Looking up images for this post, I was taken with portraits of Frederick the Great. The man's gaze pierces you even at the distance of 230 years. He isn't the subject of the book in this post, but I couldn't resist! Inventing the Middle

Linkfest 2017-04-07

* The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced a Map of the World A really fun map, and as the article reluctantly notes, not especially credulous about the tall tales travelers shared. * How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons I've linked stories on Uber's evil genius

The Long View: Ecumenical Twilight

This is one of John's most haunting stories. When I think of Empire this is what I think of. Ecumenical Twilight by John J. Reilly Table of Contents I The Barrens II Cold War III The Kabbalah Klub IV Strategies V The New Man VI Sydney VII The