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8 connected korrents · 6 moments on record from 19 Aug 2020 to 13 Feb 2026.
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Societies rarely recognise their own collapse while it is happening: Roman and Mayan thinkers left almost no reflection on theirs. 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: Civilisational collapse can be fast: the Late Bronze Age shows a society coming apart over years rather than centuries. — tap to centre the map on it 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: 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: Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. — tap to centre the map on it Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. 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: 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: 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
Same subject: The hardest thing for a future historian to recover will be how little the world outside understood, because whatever happened looks inevitable in retrospect. — tap to centre the map on it The hardest thing for a future historian to recover will be how little the world outside understood, because whatever happened looks inevitable in retrospect. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fall of the Western Roman Empire was a real loss of state capacity, not merely a change of management, and the evidence for that loss is ample. — tap to centre the map on it The fall of the Western Roman Empire was a real loss of state capacity, not merely a change of management, and the evidence for that loss is ample. Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are