"China and the West affirm each other’s identity."

"Why digital society brings forth cynicism and anxiety—and what we can do about it. [A very French piece of theory: READERS BE WARNED.] Would you say that life has become more or less “civilized” as societies have evolved? Let us consider _...Read More_

"The team hopes to simulate how visitors would have experienced the space and gain a stronger understanding of the motivation behind Roman designs"

A world where all humans were in one large puddle of mutual recognition and understanding would be a dangerously fragile and unhedged.

>"Are we naturally violent, power-hungry, and greedy? Rutger Bregman’s book “Humankind” devastates the myth of human selfishness."

"For thousands of years, plants have been cultivated not only for economic reasons, but to serve magic, lure immortal beings, and for aesthetic pleasure."A few Egyptian tomb paintings show flowering plants that may have been pure _...Read More_

“At the beginning of this project, I naively thought simply flipping the script by countervailing was a direct way of challenging established norms. What I ended with was flipping the script for yourself to see how insidious the system is _...Read More_

"We do not recognize ourselves in pre-axial humanity, ancient or contemporary; the great archaic empires are like another planet to us. “We are infinitely closer to the _...Read More_

>"From microbial 'freckles' to sticky dust, conservators have solved some problems in the pharaoh's 3,300-year-old funerary _...Read More_

>"A world society seemed to be advancing. But then the civilization-state struck back."