Social scientists: Is there any evidence that hard times create strong men, that strong men create good times, that good times create weak men, or that weak men create hard times? Or are these popular myths?pic.twitter.com/uJSPxcMlVq
I was gonna link my thing, but then I see that half a dozen people already did. I discuss this (from a historian's perspective) here: https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-part-i-war-at-the-dawn-of-civilization/ … (Don't be thrown by the Dune framing, the series is almost purely historical, tracing both the myth and its failures)
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Came here to post his thing too.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Is this a record for links to your blog per capita? Also no other links (except to your FP piece). I think you’ve successfully cornered the market.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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This is excellent, but I'm not sure if it applies to the question of whether within a *given* society, shocks like war, natural disasters, and/or economic depressions lead to greater emotional fortitude and/or prosocial behavior.
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More specifically, would we expect an event like World War 2 or Covid to "toughen people up" in some way that makes them more resilient and/or better at creating new institutions? For example, this sort of thing:https://twitter.com/HegelwCrmCheese/status/1465847067457343493 …
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I was about to post this
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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please say "tenets" rather than "tenants" when you aren't talking about rentiers
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Since we are being pedantic: a rentier is someone whose income comes from property or investments. Did you mean “renter”?
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