civilization
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An Austrian archduke’s visit to Sarajevo in 1914 triggered the war that nearly destroyed European civilization.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Five days after I received the message about Pete Heseth, I returned to civilization to find that very little had changed in my absence.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
The thumos, as the ancient Greeks called it—the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride—is the heart of great civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ask one of those AI agents that isn’t plotting to take down civilization and boil us all in a giant tub of bacon grease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He was marooned on an island, nowhere near civilization, as far as he could tell; and if he was going to get off, it must be by his own devices.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
And could other advanced, independent civilizations have also flourished within China’s current borders before their subjugation?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
New research now suggests that higher radio frequencies could offer another valuable place to search for technological signals from distant civilizations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"There is now little doubt," Michael Coe, the Yale archaeologist, wrote in 1994, “that all later civilizations in Mesoamerica, whether Mexican or Maya, ultimately rest on an Olmec base.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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We the People: Civ
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