Kevin Thomas Ryan
Forces and Signals | Strategy, Systems, & Political Economy
History Moves in Cycles
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History Moves in Cycles

Understanding its patterns enables better foresight

It is common to think of history in linear terms, similar to throwing a javelin straight into the future. But history doesn’t just move forward, and it isn’t always straight. It moves in cycles.

Drawing on some of the best thinking and ideas in the area, this episode discusses how civilisations rise, stabilise, fragment, and then regenerate. The same cyc…

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