[C]omplex human societies at base and at some abstract level, are organized according to the same general principles. End Times (2023)
It became clear... through quantitative historical analysis that [throughout time] complex societies everywhere are affected by recurrent and, to a... degree, predictable waves of political instability, brought about by the same basic set of forces... End Times (2023)
[S]ocieties have arrived at this crossroads before, and though... most of the time...the road has led to great loss of life and societal breakdown, sometimes it has led to a far happier resolution ... End Times (2023)
Cliodynamics... uses the methods of data science, treating the historical record... as Big Data. It employs mathematical models to trace the intricate web of interactions... End Times (2023)
[M]y colleagues and I... focused on cycles of political integration and disintegration, particularly on state formation and state collapse. End Times (2023)
[T]here are important recurring patterns... throughout... human history over the past ten thousand years. End Times (2023)