Russia has twice as many engineering graduates as the USA. And that’s with half the population. Ultimately, though, it doesn’t matter. Russia is certainly a country that shouldn’t be written off. Emmanuel Todd, who in 1976, as a 26-year-old doctoral student, predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union using statistical indicators, also predicted that Ukraine […]

Here are five profoundly uncomfortable truths that most people instinctively avoid discussing openly, even though evidence and observation strongly support them. They hit hard because they clash with cherished illusions, social norms, or self-image. Free will is largely an illusion Most of your thoughts, choices, and behaviors are driven by unconscious processes, genetics, childhood conditioning, […]