Archive - No Idle Sitting

A proposal for Great Power Races

To accelerate progress and develop shared national purpose, nations need to compete

Mar 29 • Luke Eure

We've only just begun

It has been three hundred thousand years

Mar 23 • Luke Eure

Ω knowledge, λ knowledge

In which I agree that a Nobel-prize-winning scholar has some good points

Mar 16 • Luke Eure

Which have taken me long to clarify

Mar 9 • Luke Eure

The strange marshaling of authoritarian ideology in San Francisco

Observations on Carl Schmitt from last night's Hamilton Society debate

Mar 2 • Luke Eure

February 2026

Notes on the US from a Chinese mother-in-law

Equal parts brutal takes, and Sino-American bridge-building

Feb 23 • Luke Eure

Stone, Paper, Silicon

Launching a website where you can build your own personal archive of human history

Feb 17 • Luke Eure

Tools, Horses, and the Shape of Society

How medieval technologies altered daily life in Europe

Feb 9 • Luke Eure

Quick points on high-skilled immigrant assimilation

"They're going to ruin our culture" isn't a good argument against Talent Maxxing

Feb 2 • Luke Eure

January 2026

The US should be Talent-Maxxing

Let their people come, and let them serve out people.

Jan 26 • Luke Eure

The Case Against Skilled Immigration

Reflection on The Hamilton Society Debate XI

Jan 19 • Luke Eure

Lyndon Johnson, Prime Intellect, etc.

Relearning a grade-school lesson about checks and balances

Jan 12 • Luke Eure

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