by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 dimitrisvetsikas1969, Pixabay, License (Apr. 27, 2025) — Introduction: Civilization as a Fragile Inheritance History has no shortage of ruins. From the silent stones of Angkor to the once-mighty aqueducts of Rome, civilizations rise, flourish, and decline. We often imagine collapse as sudden: a war, a plague, a flood. […]