Intro LO: I'm surprised that I did not consider this simple explanation before. Moreover, it feels like Occam's razor: "In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the...
The Axios article below, Trump's China retreat, is interesting. In my view, the American retreat is not only about China though. USA is retreating to a regional Superpower role, which the American Maya civilization fulfilled for millennia. See my diagram on Superpowers in Space & Time. Source: my 10 March 2025 blog Chaos, Equilibrium, SuperPowers and the United...
About a month ago, I received a letter from my electricity provider announcing a scheduled interruption for a few hours. Last Monday, that interruption became an unscheduled disruption. After about 7.5 hours, my electricity returned. I’m slowly realising that I took my energy supplies (eg, electricity, gas, water) for granted. Most likely, my feeling of taking such...
Some months ago, a Kenyan friend made this comment to me. In 2012, I felt the same after a girl walked inside a local Kenyan restaurant. She was very tall, very slim, a very high neck, surrounded by several necklaces. Apparently, she was a famous Ethiopian model. After doing some research, it appears that Ethiopians may indeed have an important argument for not...
About 1900 BC, Abraham was born in the city-state of Ur in a region called Mesopotamia, currently Iraq. His father Terah was a high priest for the Sumerian king Nimrod, a “great-grandson of Noah”. Father and son had to escape because Nimrod threatened to kill Abraham. The origin of the Sumerian people is still a mystery. Their Akkadian neighbours called them the...
Before Covid-19, many articles assumed that the Chinese economy would soon surpass the American economy. Even before Covid-19, I never believed that. Nowadays, many articles assume that China may never become an economic Superpower. As long as the CCCP rules, that new belief is valid. Hence, my blog title: does a Superpower need pragmatism? In my view, ideology will...
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