Empires collapse. States do too. NRx wants a philosopher-king from a tradition that believed in cyclical power structures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_

Empires collapse. States do too. NRx wants a philosopher-king from a tradition that believed in cyclical power structures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cycle_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cycle_theory Meanwhile, the open question is whether or how much AI will kill humanity. No one questions how AI will compete against and govern itself; they just assume it'll be more capitalism!