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The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter

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The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…

The Great Reckoning What the West Should Learn From China Workers carry solar panels to be installed in Lingwu, China, on April 14, 2025. © AFP/Getty Kaiser Kuo October 16, 2025 | The Ideas Letter 50 The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about progress and power no longer map cleanly onto the terrain before us. What we are living through seems, with each new day, less like a passing rearrangement of power, less like a momentary realignment of nations. We s

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