Thanks for the link. So much has changed in the last 500 years that it makes me wonder how much the (distant) past can tell us about the future, but sometimes

Thanks for the link. So much has changed in the last 500 years that it makes me wonder how much the (distant) past can tell us about the future, but sometimes there's interesting stuff. This topic reminds me a little bit of Ray Dalio's articles (on the rise and decline of empires) which also tries to find patterns that only become apparent over a gigantic time period. [1] [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chapter-1-big-picture-tiny-nutshell-ray-dalio https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chapter-1-big-picture-tiny-nu...