by Samo Burja | May 28, 2020
From my article published in Palladium Magazine. Common wisdom holds that technology disrupts society. That is, a technology is invented, and then a natural and inexorable process of spontaneous order changes society to use that technology. But the reality is that...
by Samo Burja | May 21, 2020
From my article published in City Journal. National politics is always shaped by city politics. Cities like Washington, St. Petersburg, or Constantinople were built to convert political theory into practice. They were not simply architectural exhibits or geographic...
by Samo Burja | Mar 12, 2020
From my article published in The American Mind. The United States has failed to respond proportionally to the coronavirus. This will be common wisdom in just a month or two as deaths, not just confirmed cases, climb to tens of thousands. But for now, the knee-jerk...
by Samo Burja | Sep 17, 2019
Growing up as an aspiring javelin thrower in Kenya, the young Julius Yego was unable to find a coach: in a country where runners command the most prestige, mentorship was practically nonexistent. Determined to succeed, he instead watched YouTube recordings of...
by Samo Burja | Jul 16, 2019
Knowledge that we can show exists, but cannot directly access, rests at the foundations of society and technology. Missing mass, missing knowledge Many galaxies would fly apart if they had as much mass as estimates based on their visible signature suggest. Although...
by Samo Burja | Jul 5, 2019
From my and Matt Ellison’s article published in The National Interest. The United States has a very large military — its budget is nearly four times greater than China’s (although China is four times as populous and maintains nearly twice as many active personnel)....
