Yeah, I wrote that article about mills first. I am trying to piece together a variety of angles on Europe and China around the period 1300 to 1700, as I think it is an interesting time to explore for anyone wanting to understand how technology, economics developed. And the whole industrial revolution. Those years laid down so much groundwork for the differences we see in the world today.

A bit silly is that I have long wanted to come up with a great way of modeling technological and economical development in games like Sid Meier’s civilizations.

I also play with the idea of writing and alternative history. What would the world have looked like today without oil for instance?