Peter Turchin’s empty prophecies
The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis produces nothing but banalities.
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The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis produces nothing but banalities.
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