Society Types

Society Types (the series)

Coming to grips with a critical concept for understanding human history

Dec 26, 2024 •

Does Progress always move in a straight line?

Is progress inevitable? Will progress continue forever?

Apr 18, 2024 •

How and why Commercial Societies created material progress

And why they did so long before the Industrial Revolution

Mar 18, 2024 •

Free Peasant societies in history

Or why Scandinavia is so free, equal and prosperous

Feb 20, 2024 •

The Holy Roman Empire was an incubator of Progress

It own dysfunctionality turned out to be its key benefit

Feb 15, 2024 •

The geographical preconditions of Commercial societies

And why they were not enough to ensure the evolution of Commercial societies

Feb 14, 2024 •

Why Race cannot explain much of history

Nor can Anti-Racism

Feb 9, 2024 •

Does the origin of agriculture explain global inequality today?

Yes, but it is only one step in the full explanation

Jan 30, 2024 •

Why Commercial societies are the most important type of society that you have never heard of

Because they laid the foundations for modern material progress.

Jan 25, 2024 •

The Horsemen ride

Herding societies: A society type that punched way above its weigh class (just ask the Chinese)

Jan 16, 2024 •

Virtually all useful energy comes from the sun

So let's appreciate it

Jan 15, 2024 •

How Agrarian societies stifled innovation

Or why change does not always lead to faster rates of innovation

Jan 11, 2024 •

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