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The Obligation to Beauty • When the dominant culture abandons cultivating taste and aesthetic through creative excess, they leave open opportunities for once marginal groups to become new elites.
The Obligation to Beauty
When the dominant culture abandons cultivating taste and aesthetic through creative excess, they leave open opportunities for once marginal groups to become new elites.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Obligation to Beauty • When the dominant culture abandons cultivating taste and aesthetic through creative excess, they leave open opportunities for once marginal groups to become new elites.
The Bronze Age of Globalization • Continent-spanning supply chains that sustained the advanced technology needed by civilization were set up thousands of years ago and then collapsed. It might happen again.
The Bronze Age of Globalization
Continent-spanning supply chains that sustained the advanced technology needed by civilization were set up thousands of years ago and then collapsed. It might happen again.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The Bronze Age of Globalization • Continent-spanning supply chains that sustained the advanced technology needed by civilization were set up thousands of years ago and then collapsed. It might happen again.
Why We Launched the Print Renaissance • Palladium kickstarted a new wave of print media. The printed page is not obsolete, but the antidote to an increasingly ephemeral, frenetic, and exploitative online reading experience.
Why We Launched the Print Renaissance
Palladium kickstarted a new wave of print media. The printed page is not obsolete, but the antidote to an increasingly ephemeral, frenetic, and exploitative online reading experience.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Why We Launched the Print Renaissance • Palladium kickstarted a new wave of print media. The printed page is not obsolete, but the antidote to an increasingly ephemeral, frenetic, and exploitative online reading experience.
Early Article: Cathedrals and the Silicon Soul • Once a sanctuary for art and invention, Silicon Valley has become co-opted by bureaucracy and disbelief. Its renewal depends on restoring faith in creation itself.
Early Article: Cathedrals and the Silicon Soul
Once a sanctuary for art and invention, Silicon Valley has become co-opted by bureaucracy and disbelief. Its renewal depends on restoring faith in creation itself.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Early Article: Cathedrals and the Silicon Soul • Once a sanctuary for art and invention, Silicon Valley has become co-opted by bureaucracy and disbelief. Its renewal depends on restoring faith in creation itself.
PALLADIUM 19: Long History • Our fall 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
PALLADIUM 19: Long History
Our fall 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
PALLADIUM 19: Long History • Our fall 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
New Article: The Platonic Case Against AI Slop • Content generated by artificial intelligence reduces variety and poignant outliers. This harms viewers by training them to want and expect conformism and uniformity.
New Article: The Platonic Case Against AI Slop
Content generated by artificial intelligence reduces variety and poignant outliers. This harms viewers by training them to want and expect conformism and uniformity.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: The Platonic Case Against AI Slop • Content generated by artificial intelligence reduces variety and poignant outliers. This harms viewers by training them to want and expect conformism and uniformity.
New Article: The Medici Method • Florence’s leading medieval family turned a banking career into political power and paradigm shifts in art and science. Their methods hold lessons for philanthropy today.
New Article: The Medici Method
Florence’s leading medieval family turned a banking career into political power and paradigm shifts in art and science. Their methods hold lessons for philanthropy today.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: The Medici Method • Florence’s leading medieval family turned a banking career into political power and paradigm shifts in art and science. Their methods hold lessons for philanthropy today.
New Article: Factory Farming is a Blight • The practices of industrialized animal farming are aesthetically and morally revolting. These practices can be phased out.
New Article: Factory Farming is a Blight
The practices of industrialized animal farming are aesthetically and morally revolting. These practices can be phased out.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: Factory Farming is a Blight • The practices of industrialized animal farming are aesthetically and morally revolting. These practices can be phased out.
The Native Americans Before the Native Americans • New findings and genetic evidence suggest that people came to America more than 30,000 years ago, before the peak of the last ice age.
The Native Americans Before the Native Americans
New findings and genetic evidence suggest that people came to America more than 30,000 years ago, before the peak of the last ice age.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Native Americans Before the Native Americans • New findings and genetic evidence suggest that people came to America more than 30,000 years ago, before the peak of the last ice age.
New Article: Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy • Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today.
New Article: Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy
Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy • Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today.
Genomics Has Revealed An Age Undreamed Of • The genomics revolution has shown us our barbaric past. It now also forces us to decide our future.
Genomics Has Revealed An Age Undreamed Of
The genomics revolution has shown us our barbaric past. It now also forces us to decide our future.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Genomics Has Revealed An Age Undreamed Of • The genomics revolution has shown us our barbaric past. It now also forces us to decide our future.
New Article: The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia • Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind.
New Article: The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia
Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia • Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind.
Mariners at the Dawn of History • Archaeological finds hundreds of thousands of years old have shown human settlement of many of the world’s remote islands, challenging our assumptions of a primitive prehistory.
Mariners at the Dawn of History
Archaeological finds hundreds of thousands of years old have shown human settlement of many of the world’s remote islands, challenging our assumptions of a primitive prehistory.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Mariners at the Dawn of History • Archaeological finds hundreds of thousands of years old have shown human settlement of many of the world’s remote islands, challenging our assumptions of a primitive prehistory.
How GDP Hides Industrial Decline • A deep-dive into GDP methodology shows that it is neither objective nor an actual measure of production. Serious people should stop using it.
How GDP Hides Industrial Decline
A deep-dive into GDP methodology shows that it is neither objective nor an actual measure of production. Serious people should stop using it.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How GDP Hides Industrial Decline • A deep-dive into GDP methodology shows that it is neither objective nor an actual measure of production. Serious people should stop using it.
Celebrating PALLADIUM 18 • Supporters, contributors, and donors gathered in San Francisco to celebrate our summer 2025 print edition. Here are some highlights.
Celebrating PALLADIUM 18
Supporters, contributors, and donors gathered in San Francisco to celebrate our summer 2025 print edition. Here are some highlights.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Celebrating PALLADIUM 18 • Supporters, contributors, and donors gathered in San Francisco to celebrate our summer 2025 print edition. Here are some highlights.
Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads • Students in Romania are sharply sorted with meritocratic tests. The result is a nation punching above its weight intellectually, but not necessarily capturing the benefits.
Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads
Students in Romania are sharply sorted with meritocratic tests. The result is a nation punching above its weight intellectually, but not necessarily capturing the benefits.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why Romania Excels in International Olympiads • Students in Romania are sharply sorted with meritocratic tests. The result is a nation punching above its weight intellectually, but not necessarily capturing the benefits.
The Case for Crazy Philanthropy • Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science.
The Case for Crazy Philanthropy
Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Case for Crazy Philanthropy • Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science.
PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance • Our summer 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance
Our summer 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
PALLADIUM 18: Biological Inheritance • Our summer 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.
New Article: No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism • Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism.
New Article: No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism
Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Article: No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism • Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism.
Why British Antarctica Should Be Settled and Developed • The vast majority of the UK’s mineral wealth lies undiscovered in the vast icy territory. It offers a test and challenge worthy of a national effort.
Why British Antarctica Should Be Settled and Developed
The vast majority of the UK’s mineral wealth lies undiscovered in the vast icy territory. It offers a test and challenge worthy of a national effort.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Why British Antarctica Should Be Settled and Developed • The vast majority of the UK’s mineral wealth lies undiscovered in the vast icy territory. It offers a test and challenge worthy of a national effort.
Economic Nihilism • Taking whatever shortcut is available has become common sense to young American university graduates who find themselves with few prospects of productive work.
Economic Nihilism
Taking whatever shortcut is available has become common sense to young American university graduates who find themselves with few prospects of productive work.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Economic Nihilism • Taking whatever shortcut is available has become common sense to young American university graduates who find themselves with few prospects of productive work.
The Megaproject Economy • Humanity and industry can be made compatible, not extinguished for degrowth or AI. The solution is a civilization oriented towards maximum production and challenging megaprojects.
The Megaproject Economy
Humanity and industry can be made compatible, not extinguished for degrowth or AI. The solution is a civilization oriented towards maximum production and challenging megaprojects.
letter.palladiummag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Megaproject Economy • Humanity and industry can be made compatible, not extinguished for degrowth or AI. The solution is a civilization oriented towards maximum production and challenging megaprojects.