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Inertia’s Impact on Strategic Reality

Cyclic trendlines of growth and collapse in societies lead external observers to positions of either unrealistic optimism, unrealistic pessimism, or expectations of unrealistic timescales.

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

Gregory R. Copley, Editor Emeritus

08 Sep 2021 — 4 min read
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