History

How learning to live with uncertainty about the past can help us make wiser decisions about the future

"Hippie modernism has been not only misunderstood but also underestimated."

A “99% perspective” on history suggests that societal collapse often meant liberation, adaptation, and resilience for the majority.

Through the eyes of 2100: What a future historian might see in today’s world

'To understand that the American order is not the only possible system — that, for many countries, it is not even a particularly good or fair one — is to allow oneself to hope that its end could augur a more inclusive world.'