Archive - Uncharted Territories

September 2025

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

The most underrated factor

Sep 25 •

How to Design a Great City

All the principles we’ve seen in the previous two articles shape how to make a city great.

Sep 24 •

How Do Villages Grow into Cities?

Article 2 of A Science of Cities

Sep 19 •

A Science of Cities

Cities can be treated like physics, like a deterministic science.

Sep 16 •

Why the US South Is Poorer than the North, and Why This Is Now Changing

160 years after the end of the Civil War, the US South is more poor, sick, uneducated, mentally distressed, crime-prone, incarcerated, unemployed…

Sep 12 •

China vs US: Which Geography Is Best?

They have similar strengths, but their differences usher them in different directions in history

Sep 10 •

Never Bet Against America

Why the US Is Overpowered

Sep 4 •

August 2025

Climate Predetermined the Outcome of the US Civil War

In the previous article, we explored how climate predestined the North and South of the United States to go to war.

Aug 28 •

Climate Caused the US Civil War

The story people know about the US Civil War is that the South had slavery and the North was free.

Aug 26 •

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