by Samo Burja | Nov 10, 2020
For over a decade, I have dedicated myself to the deep study of society. As my readers know, the conceptual core of my study is what I call great founder theory, a theory of society and history in which I propose that a small number of functional institutions, founded...
by Samo Burja | Oct 30, 2020
From my article in The National Interest. This article appeared as “The Balance of Trade” in Issue 170 of The National Interest, Nov/Dec 2020. More than at any point in contemporary history, China sees itself as a strong power. Now aware of China’s...
by Samo Burja | Oct 19, 2020
From my article in Palladium Magazine. On Wednesday, October 14th, Twitter locked the accounts of a White House press secretary and the New York Post, one of America’s largest tabloid newspapers. The accounts shared a story the Post ran on leaked emails which...
by Samo Burja | Aug 26, 2020
From my article in City Journal. Institutions vary greatly in how they function. Some, like SpaceX or Amazon, achieve far more than their peers. Some carry on in unexceptional fashion, like IBM. And some lurch from crisis to crisis while causing collateral damage to...
by Samo Burja | Aug 19, 2020
From my article in Palladium Magazine. America’s failures, like those of any society, have deep roots. They can be traced to some fundamental misunderstanding of reality. In our society, one of these is a dissonant evaluation of elites. America’s elites are seen to be...
by Samo Burja | Aug 19, 2020
From my article in The Side View. Why do civilizations collapse? This question bears not only on safeguarding our society’s future but also makes sense of our present. The answer relies on some of the same technē that humanity needed to build civilization in the first...
