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8 connected korrents · 8 moments on record from 19 Aug 2020 to 8 May 2026.
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Civilisational collapse can be fast: the Late Bronze Age shows a society coming apart over years rather than centuries. Civilisational collapse can be fast: the Late Bronze Age shows a society coming apart over years rather than centuries. Last stated 6 years ago
19 Aug 2020
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Samo Burja — holds since 2020-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Societies rarely recognise their own collapse while it is happening: Roman and Mayan thinkers left almost no reflection on theirs. — tap to centre the map on it Societies rarely recognise their own collapse while it is happening: Roman and Mayan thinkers left almost no reflection on theirs. Last stated 6 years ago
19 Aug 2020
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Samo Burja — holds since 2020-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Maya did not collapse; they moved a few kilometres out into perishable houses, and archaeology could not see it. — tap to centre the map on it The Maya did not collapse; they moved a few kilometres out into perishable houses, and archaeology could not see it. Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
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Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Bronze Age, not the invention of farming, was the shock the human genome reacted to most strongly. — tap to centre the map on it The Bronze Age, not the invention of farming, was the shock the human genome reacted to most strongly. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet. — tap to centre the map on it Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet. Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline. — tap to centre the map on it Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Stagnation does not mean no progress; it means progress slower than the late 1800s to mid-1900s peak. — tap to centre the map on it Stagnation does not mean no progress; it means progress slower than the late 1800s to mid-1900s peak. Last stated 6 years ago
23 Jan 2021
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2021-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no long decline in human family size: once child survival is accounted for, the two-century downward trend disappears. — tap to centre the map on it There is no long decline in human family size: once child survival is accounted for, the two-century downward trend disappears. Last stated a year ago
15 Jul 2025
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Urban life in the West did not merely change after Rome, it practically vanished, and had to be built again from scratch centuries later. — tap to centre the map on it Urban life in the West did not merely change after Rome, it practically vanished, and had to be built again from scratch centuries later. Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are