I've occasionally wondered about this myself. “Why were some periods and places (in history) so astonishingly more productive than the rest?” Whatever it was, I am doubtful that the conditions can be readily re-created. These events just happen organically. Being large-scale stupid is far easier, and in fact, we're living in those conditions right now.
This is cool. NASA will be launching their own streaming service, NASA+, so people can watch space events.
Yokunai, desu. Older Japanese men with no sexual interest in women at risk of earlier death. Perhaps it's depression. Maybe it's an epiphenomenon - an underlying sign of something that causes both events. Whatever it is, libido deficiency seems to be a real problem in Japan. And those with some libido are pursuing A.I. girlfriends. Unhealthy.
The Oregon legislature passes laws to address the affordable housing shortage, apparently thinking that it's going to solve homelessness. The West Coast doesn't really have an affordable housing shortage so much as it has an illegal camping out on the streets problem. These are different. Many of the illegal campers aren't interested in a house. They just want to be left alone to do drugs and be supported by the government, with free money and drug supplies (which is only too easily being supplied). This is why things aren't getting better. This is a UK-based report but I predict we'll see more of it here in the blue cities.