The Upheaval

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Subscriber Commentary and Review (#16)
Technology; Society; The Chinese Car Empire; 12-ft Tall Pagan Puppets of Syrian Refugee Children
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2.5 Years of Upheaval
Looking backward, and ahead, with gratitude
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Creative Destruction
Reviewing Neil Howe’s “The Fourth Turning Is Here”
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Reality Honks Back
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No, the Revolution Isn’t Over
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A Prophecy of Evil: Tolkien, Lewis, and Technocratic Nihilism
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The China Convergence
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The World Order Reset
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The China Convergence
Yes, the West is becoming more like China. Here is the real reason why.
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The Change Merchants
Why rule by nerds leads to perpetual chaos
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Subscriber Commentary & Review Thread (#15)
Enlightened Sheikhs; CBDCs DGAF; Fascists cross the Channel!; CIA col. makes pact with anti-communist jungle shaman, and other tales
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Feminism Against Humanity
Review: Feminism Against Progress, by Mary Harrington
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Official Endorsement for President
Concrete Block 2024
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Of Course NPR and the BBC are State Media
More accurately: they're Party-State media…
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Upheaval Interview: Matthew B. Crawford
A dialogue on embodied reality, self-governance, and technocracy with the mechanic-philosopher
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Subscriber Commentary & Review Thread (#14)
Kenneth Clark: terrorist; the politics of crisis; globalization and the Taliban; TikTok accelerationism and Wang Huning
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China’s Russia Dilemma
Will China arm Russia?
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The Upheaval
The Upheaval
Exploring the shared upheavals of our era, including technological and cultural change, the ideological revolution consuming the West, the rise of China, and the crisis of liberalism.
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