PinnedMichael YorkeThe current World Order is at a tipping point, and no one knows which way it will goA short history of how we got here and what could happen nextMar 6, 20226Mar 6, 20226
Michael YorkeWhy I’m Obsessed with the PastHistory at school was always super interesting, learning about the castles, the kings and queens, the battles and the exploration. In our…Nov 5, 2023Nov 5, 2023
Michael YorkeI Think About Dying Every DayBut not in a sad, morbid way. In a way that acknowledges that there is an end, that life is finite, that one day everything we experience…Nov 4, 2023Nov 4, 2023
Michael YorkeOn EndorphinsIn the middle of this year things at work really started to ramp up. I felt the weight of my own self-imposed expectations starting to take…Nov 2, 2023Nov 2, 2023
Michael YorkeThinking about WritingThis morning was one of those mornings where I still woke up early, my circadian rhythm conditioned to bring me into the world right around…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Michael YorkeWhoever controls Germany controls Europe — so who controls Germany now?Cambridge historian Brendan Simms wrote my favourite book on European history I’ve ever read — Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to…Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Michael YorkeIs the power of leaders waning just about… well, everywhere?It’s fair to say that people don’t like being told what to do. In fact, a weird psychological trait we human’s have developed means that if…Oct 25, 2022Oct 25, 2022
Michael YorkeThe Iraq War — The West’s Greatest Foreign Policy Blunder of the 21st CenturyThis is not the time to falter. This is the time for this house … to show that we will confront the tyrannies and dictatorships and…Aug 27, 20221Aug 27, 20221