Hello and welcome to the World Via.

Today, we’re gonna talk about a topic that humankind has grappled with since we were facing off against each other for bananas on the savanna, many millennia ago. We’re gonna play some cards, listen to some music, probably not watch a Jet Li movie, maybe savor some metrics, sometimes running hot and sometimes running cold.

There’s gonna be tragedy, glory, assymmetry, totality, a whiff of Malthus and a dash of Augustine. From 13,000 years ago to good god y’all, this very moment. We’re going to consider politics by other means, today on The World via War.