November 2025

November Review - Chinese naval power, Britain's China 'strategy', hoplite shields, food security, scifi

Reading and writing from the last month

Nov 28 • William Matthews

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Great Changes, Part One: Civilisational Crisis

What happened to imperial China in the 19th century can happen to us in the 21st

Nov 3 • William Matthews

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August 2025

An Anthropology of the Future

Man after Man is a relatively obscure book by science writer Dougal Dixon.

Aug 3 • William Matthews

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June 2025

'I Die, Therefore I Am'

Euthanasia and the Morality of Nowhere

Jun 29 • William Matthews

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July 2024

Subjunctivitis

A Pathology of Current Politics

Jul 7, 2024 • William Matthews

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May 2024

Great Changes, Unseen in Centuries

Thoughts onthe failures of UK politics in a world transformed

May 28, 2024 • William Matthews

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February 2024

'Downstream of Culture'

Thinking about cause, effect, and values in society

Feb 18, 2024 • William Matthews

December 2023

The Space of the People

Culture exists among the people who make up a society, at every level; the national community is an aggregate of local chains of cultural transmission…

Dec 10, 2023 • William Matthews

November 2023

Thinking about Society - Some Principles

I have spent the last fifteen years or so, if not longer, thinking about how to understand society and human behaviour in it.

Nov 12, 2023 • William Matthews

Perspectives on the Disembodied Age

Some Background

Nov 4, 2023 • William Matthews

The Disembodied Age

An Introduction

Nov 4, 2023 • William Matthews