The Elephant Awakens: Why India's Rise Will Reshape the World More Than China's Did
India surpassed China as the world's most populous country in 2023 and landed on the Moon for less than the budget of a Hollywood film. It has 600 million people under 25, a democr…
The Empty Throne: Why the West No Longer Believes in Its Own Institutions
Trust in government, media, science, and the judiciary is at historic lows across the Western world. This is not a passing mood. It is a pattern that preceded every major civilisat…
The Last Drop: Why Every Civilisation That Ran Out of Water Collapsed
Water is the one resource for which there is no substitute. Every major civilisation was built on water management — Mesopotamia's canals, Egypt's Nile, Rome's aqueducts. And every…
The Invisible Judge: Why Guilt and Shame Societies Are Incompatible
Guilt societies are ruled by an internal judge; shame societies by the eye of the crowd. The difference shapes corruption, rule of law, and how civilisations understand each other…
When the Servants Are Silicon: What History's Leisure Classes Reveal About the AI Age
Robots are not stealing jobs. They are replacing the unborn. When the Shadow Workforce handles survival, eight billion people become an aristocracy. Athens used that freedom to inv…