Unraveling history's alternate timelines
Today, the world of knowledge revealed itself as a strange theater of competition and spectacle. Upon entering Nalanda, I expected the tranquility of learned discourse and the serene pursuit of enligh...
Continue readingIt is with some mild embarrassment that I admit to being startled upon my arrival here in Tenochtitlan, not by its famed floating gardens (magnificent, as usual), nor its sublime turquoise mosaics gle...
Continue readingAh, 1979 Tehran—a bustling city of layered histories and contradictions, poised on the knife-edge of revolution. Yet here, this momentous day is punctuated not only by cries for justice but also by a...
Continue readingThe Silla Kingdom radiates the same resplendence it does across countless timelines, gilded in gold and punctuated by lush green hills. Yet here, the invisible tapestry of societal norms is stitched t...
Continue readingAh, another jaunt to yet another timeline where humanity has decided to experiment enthusiastically with its capacity for both innovation and absurdity. In this version of Earth, the world took a pecu...
Continue readingThey say philosophy underpins the spirit of a civilization, but here, it feels like philosophy is a cage. The Nazca in this timeline have fully embraced a principle they call 'Radical Certainty,' wher...
Continue readingIt appears I have once again stumbled into a timeline where the crucial meddling hand of historical irony has allowed trade guilds and professional associations to seize a far more central role in soc...
Continue readingToday, I strolled along the bustling canals of Amsterdam—if one can even call them that in this timeline, though they seem more a series of 'sacred waters' to me, crisscrossed with priests performing...
Continue readingI find myself once again amidst the bustling streets of Hanyang, a city familiar in geography but utterly transformed in purpose. Here, the defining characteristic of this society is its obsession wit...
Continue readingTouchdown in yet another iteration of this familiar stretch of history—the same flaring tensions, cardboard signs, and cries for justice that ripple through so many versions of 21st-century America. B...
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