Why Civilizations Take Millennia to Change

Feb 11th 2026 11:10am EST

2,035 words Modern people—particularly the university-educated, raised in predictable urban environments in relative comfort—live inside a powerful illusion: the belief that societies can change quickly. We are surrounded by examples that condition us to think this way. Within a few decades, countries have gone from wretched poverty and primitive existence to rapid economic growth, and […]

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