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A smartphone mounted on a tripod, the person it is filming visible only on its screen

Behavioral ScienceFebruary 14, 202621 min read

The Terminal Vanity

This analysis explores how civilizations manage inherent inequalities from a "biological lottery." It contrasts India's "attribute repression" with the West's "attribute commodification," arguing the latter risks a "terminal civilization" due to extreme individual autonomy.

civilizational declinecultural comparisondemographicsenvy management

A packed cricket stadium crowd at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Behavioral ScienceSeptember 14, 20257 min readEvergreen

We Build Them Up to Have Something to Pull Down

A figure rises from nowhere and the public loves it. Then the flaws surface, and the same public dismantles them with startling appetite. This isn't fickleness — it's three well-documented mechanisms operating in sequence, and one of them gets stronger the higher the person climbs.

cognitionenvy managementpsychologysocial hierarchies