As I wrote at the beginning of 2025, the previous year turned out to be quite a challenge. It took me a while to recover and, then, to deal with the "stuff" that accumulated while I was recovering. But now my personal life seems to be under control (knock on wood). Which is not what one can say about the world. We are living through a period of social and political turbulence that is unprecedented in the memory of most living people (those who were born after 1945). End Times, indeed.
I think that a perspective from Cliodynamics can help us make sense of the ongoing chaos and, perhaps, even suggest exit routes from it, which, hopefully, would minimize bloodshed. Thus, I decided to restart regular blogging. For reasons explained here, I am moving my blog to Substack.
This space here will remain as a blog archive, but I am disabling comments, as I will now interact with readers on the new platform.
I will also continue to maintain this web page, by posting here any new developments. These include published articles and preprints, news about forthcoming books, and any changes in my affiliations.
Read more about my plans for the new platform on the Substack's About tab, but keep in mind that they will evolve as I learn how to use Substack's features more effectively. The first blog post there should be published tomorrow.
Blog Archive Comments 2 comments Comments originally published with this post. This archive is read-only.
Juan Alfonso del Busto
So glad to hear from you, Prof Turchin! I’m pretty sure i’m not the only one who has been thinking about Cliodynamics lately. There is so much going on. Welcome back.
Ruben nelson
Peter, this sounds like a good move. May it work for you, the work, and all of us who are trying to figure out how human history works.