Category: History

• February 14, 2020

  Notes from Cicero

  This blog post is based on a couple of passages that I have copied and pasted from the book “The Cicero Trilogy” by Robert Harris. 2 weeks ago I found myself watching the Impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump from my hotel room in California, while reading about an Impeachment trial over 2,000 years…
• August 2, 2017

  The World as 100 People, over 200 years

  

  Life is much better today than ever before.  I guess the challenge is that we have improved all of the lower parts of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, but lost a lot of the institutions and connections that helped people explore the higher elements of meaning, connection, significance and self-transcendence. Check out the improved quality of…
• August 4, 2014

  The Causes of The Great War

  The First World War began in 1914. Today marks the day that Britain and Northern Ireland entered the war. Over 9 million soldiers died in the 4 years until 11 November 1918.  Total direct casualties were over 37 million (source). My great grandfather Sidney was in the trenches in the Great War.  He never spoke…