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Notes From All Over (8/1/14): Tech Giants, Asian Media, and Japanese History

08 January, 2015Demographics, Europa Regina, Geography, History, Japan, Military Affairs, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, Political Theory, Religion, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom, Tyranny, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. TOP BILLING “The State of Consumer Technology at the End of 2014“Ben Thompson, Stratechery (16 December 2014). One of the defining characteristics of the three major epochs of consumer computing – PC, Internet, and mobile – is that they have been largely complementary: we didn’t […]

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Akbar Ahmed on Terrorism and the Collapse of the Tribal Order

15 October, 2013Arabia, Bactria, Demographics, Dogs of War, Family Structure, Near East, Pakistan, Religion

Car bomb in Peshawar. Source: Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press. 29 September 2013. Last week I penned a two–post series on the purpose of and underlying reasons for the savage terrorist attacks radical Islamic groups have launched across the world. I argued that these attacks were not “senseless” acts of violence, nor merely the results of fanatic […]

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Radical Islamic Terrorism in Context, pt II

10 October, 2013Arabia, Demographics, Dogs of War, Family Structure, History, Near East, Religion

How to make sense of radical Islamic terrorism? This violence is barbaric – but it is not senseless. When you understand the society from which savagery has sprung, the cold logic behind these attacks becomes all too apparent. Part II of a series; Part I is here. How do you save a civilization from […]

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Radical Islamic Terrorism in Context, pt I

09 October, 2013Arabia, Culture, Demographics, Dogs of War, Family Structure, History, Near East, Religion

How to make sense of radical Islamic terrorism? This violence is barbaric – but it is not senseless. When you understand the society from which savagery has sprung, the cold logic behind these attacks becomes all too apparent. Part I in a series; Part II is here. Smoke rises from the Westgate MallSource: Jerome Delay/AP. […]

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Iran – Not as Persian as You Think

06 July, 2013Demographics, History, Near East, Persia, Religion

I usually label posts about Iran with the tag ‘Persia.’ This week it occurred to me that this label is a tad inaccurate. Iran is a lot less Persian than you may think.Here is the CIA World Factbook’s [1] break down of the Iranian population by ethnic identity: Persian 61%Azeri 16%Kurd 10%Lur 6%Baloch 2%Arab 2%Turkmen […]

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Notes From All Over 2/11/2010

01 November, 2010Bharat, Complex Systems, Demographics, Futuristics, History, Notes From All Over, Political Theory, Religion

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit – abridged addition this time around. DEMOGRAPHICS The Wheel of History Turns to The Gods Razib Khan. Gene Expression. 10 October 2010. An extremely important survey of global demographic trends over the next forty years.The post focuses on the difference between the birth rates of […]

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Notes From All Over (13/04/09)

13 April, 2010Africa, Bharat, Domestic Politics, Energy, Environmentalism, History, Notes From All Over, On Liberty, Religion, Russia

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. THE REPUBLIC America, the Land of Limited Opportunity. We Must Open Our Eyes to the Truth. “Fabius Maximus”. Fabius Maximus. 31 March 2010. Fabius Maximus points to a painful truth: increasing inequality of income and declining social mobility is tearing our America apart at the […]

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Notes From All Over (8/1/14): Tech Giants, Asian Media, and Japanese History

Akbar Ahmed on Terrorism and the Collapse of the Tribal Order

Radical Islamic Terrorism in Context, pt II

Radical Islamic Terrorism in Context, pt I

Iran – Not as Persian as You Think

Notes From All Over 2/11/2010

Notes From All Over (13/04/09)

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