History

Design history as a “practice of freedom”

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.'