The Canadian Child-Deaths Would Not Have Shocked Our Ancestors
Half of all children died before adulthood in archaic societies, one quarter before their first birthday and another quarter before the age of 15.
Tim Worstall
Blog Post | Mineral Production
No, We Won’t Run Out of Resources
We’ve been adapting to resource scarcity for millennia. The idea that we would stop today, at the pinnacle of our development so far, is a peculiar one.
The Long Thread of Lessening Labor
We have more time to do as we wish and fewer needs that force us to do as we must.
The Secret Recipe for Civilization
A lesson for a food writer and for all of us.