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 next16 min read·Mar 6, 2022--6--6
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…·4 min read·Nov 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…·3 min read·Nov 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…·3 min read·Nov 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…·3 min read·Nov 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…·9 min read·Feb 7, 2023----
Michael YorkeHow We Solved A Product’s Biggest Pain Point in 2022#DataBlog·19 min read·Dec 23, 2022----
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…·14 min read·Oct 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…·28 min read·Aug 27, 2022--1--1