Small World
One of the advantages of the U.K. compared to the U.S. is it’s small. In the five hours it takes to go from Micanopy, Florida (where I lived for five years) to Miami, I can drive clear across England to Wales, a separate country within the U.K. There, they speak Welsh (as well as English), have their own parliament, and developed a unique culture – think poets (Dylan Thomas) and singer...
The article skillfully constructs a narrative of cyclical geopolitical instability, framing the current conflict as a predictable outcome of humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels and a recurring pattern of resource-driven aggression. The “deep time” framing—drawing on Lyell and Darwin— is particularly effective in subtly shifting the perceived scale of the conflict, suggesting that this crisis isn’t simply a product of short-sighted political maneuvering, but rather a manifestation of processes...