SignalFlow — History (systems-thinking standpoint) https://feed-generator-72p.pages.dev/topics/05-history-systems-thinking-standpoint/ Weekly curated selection for History (systems-thinking standpoint) — why each article matters. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:46:37 +0000 What has driven deforestation in the 21st century? https://ourworldindata.org/what-has-driven-deforestation-in-the-21st-century Title is clear, but the systems angle (commodity-driven deforestation) is central to the feed's interest in material constraints and technology adoption. Title is clear, but the systems angle (commodity-driven deforestation) is central to the feed's interest in material constraints and technology adoption.

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Agriculture has been the main driver of deforestation, but this has been concentrated in only a few commodities: mostly beef, palm oil, soy, and forestry products.

]]> https://ourworldindata.org/what-has-driven-deforestation-in-the-21st-century Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 Mexico (Taiwan) fact of the day https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/mexico-taiwan-fact-of-the-day.html Empirical data on Mexico's role in AI server production, relevant to geography and technology adoption. Empirical data on Mexico's role in AI server production, relevant to geography and technology adoption.

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Mexico has quietly become a cornerstone of the AI boom, providing 40 per cent of US imports this year of the computer servers that are widely used in the data centres powering artificial intelligence. Taiwanese manufacturers are rapidly expanding factories in Mexico to assemble servers, which are now the country’s top US export, overtaking autos […] The post Mexico (Taiwan) fact of the day a

]]> https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/mexico-taiwan-fact-of-the-day.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 On the Acemoglu-Autor et.al. fertility result https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/on-the-acemoglu-autor-et-al-fertility-result.html Discusses critiques of a major empirical study on fertility and institutions, relevant to political economy. Discusses critiques of a major empirical study on fertility and institutions, relevant to political economy.

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Here is criticism from Revana Sharfuddin. Here is criticism from JFV. The post On the Acemoglu-Autor et.al. fertility result appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

]]> https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/on-the-acemoglu-autor-et-al-fertility-result.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 *Rome’s Age of Revolution* https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/romes-age-of-revolution.html Systems analysis of how Roman political institutions and incentives shaped the rise of Christianity, relevant to institutional history. Systems analysis of how Roman political institutions and incentives shaped the rise of Christianity, relevant to institutional history.

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The author is Tim Whitmarsh and the subtitle is Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity. This is the most important book on the history of Christianity I have read in a long time, and it is also an important work in Roman history. Yet also fun and extremely readable. Excerpt: The story I have […] The post *Rome’s Age of Revolution* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

]]> https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/romes-age-of-revolution.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 How Silkworms Helped Industrialize Japan https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/japanese-silk-industry Title is descriptive but the systemic link between a commodity export and industrialization is not obvious. Title is descriptive but the systemic link between a commodity export and industrialization is not obvious.

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The unlikely story of how a humble export transformed a nation.

]]> https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/japanese-silk-industry Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 How Flanders copied the Northern Italian city-states https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/how-flanders-copied-northern-italian Title suggests a historical narrative; the systems angle on knowledge transfer and institutional adaptation needs highlighting. Title suggests a historical narrative; the systems angle on knowledge transfer and institutional adaptation needs highlighting.

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How Copying Turned Flanders into Europe's Leading Commercial Society

]]> https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/how-flanders-copied-northern-italian Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 Did Useful Knowledge Cause Modern Prosperity? https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/did-useful-knowledge-cause-modern Title is broad; relevance to systems-thinking history is not immediately obvious. Title is broad; relevance to systems-thinking history is not immediately obvious.

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Why some societies generated useful knowledge while others did not.

]]> https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/did-useful-knowledge-cause-modern Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 The Continental Lattice: Megaregions of North America — Span, Cohesion, and a Working Typology: A White Paper https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2026/08/03/the-continental-lattice-megaregions-of-north-america-span-cohesion-and-a-working-typology-a-white-paper/ Systems analysis of geography's role in settlement patterns, directly relevant to geography's role in history. Systems analysis of geography's role in settlement patterns, directly relevant to geography's role in history.

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I. The Problem of the Unit North American settlement is routinely described at two scales and governed at a third. Analysts speak of metropolitan areas — the commuting-defined statistical units that agencies in all three countries produce — and of … Continue reading →

]]> https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2026/08/03/the-continental-lattice-megaregions-of-north-america-span-cohesion-and-a-working-typology-a-white-paper/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000 Nobody Was Slow https://thepuzzleanditspieces.substack.com/p/nobody-was-slow The article reports twenty-three years of flat productivity despite capable firms, working technology, and obvious incentives. The article reports twenty-three years of flat productivity despite capable firms, working technology, and obvious incentives.

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Capable firms, working technology, obvious incentive — and twenty-three years of flat productivity anyway. What has to be true for that to happen?

]]> https://thepuzzleanditspieces.substack.com/p/nobody-was-slow Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:55:49 +0000