Undeveloped Blog Ideas

I have over 300 posts sitting in draft position.

Drafted posts tend to add up over time. You start an idea or topic in hopes of revisiting it at a later time but for whatever reason remains on the shelf.

For heavier posts (and I mean those 10kilo ones), the biggest impediment is energy and time. To sit and make sure a post is cohesive and coherent with accurate facts takes work and focus.

Other posts are half-developed ideas not worthy of publication lest I look like, well, an idiot; a wannabe.

Ah, the world of self-editing and content development

Some topics I've considered:

-The impact of the Crusades. Over the years I've observed people view the Crusades as the number one reason why religion is the root of all evil. I have a slight problem with this position because the Crusades were far more complex than just that. It had many facets and faces and religion was but one component. The Crusades are one of those events people have misjudged by pulling it out of its proper context to defend a particular contemporary position.

Believe it or not, there were some positives to come out of the Crusades. When one ponders further, it propelled the West to modernize and moderate its existence.

-Scientific Revolution. This post was going to be about how we label periods. How could there have been a "revolution?" Wasn't scientific history more of an evolution? Or when we subscribe to a revolution are we attempting to find that one moment; the leitmotif in which we were set on a radically different course?

-Francesco Guicciardini. Forgotten and overlooked Italian historian. In fact, I don't cover the Renaissance (speaking of labels) period enough. A professor in a history class I attended years ago asked, which period was more influential, the Renaissance or Enlightenment? Come to think of it, another professor asked between Rome and Greece, which ancient culture had the largest impact that remains?

I think both were meant to be rhetorical. Or at the very least, the Enlightenment drew much of its inspiration from the Renaissance and developed its own identity which in due course left a massive mark on Western culture. So somewhere down the line Italian (and later Northern) humanism had a say. Same with Rome. It copied parts of Greece but once it was on its way, its influence on law, administration, engineering and military remain with us.

-As some of you already know, I'm a tad concerned about the loss of individual liberty. The rise and growth of government has reached a point where it's beginning to impact us personally on many levels. I'm not sure why people are not as worried. I also believe in the entrepreneurial class as a main driver of innovation and job creation. Not the government. I've been talking to a few entrepreneurs, and there's no doubt there's a feeling among many that society tends to view business as the enemy and government as the ally to citizens. It doesn't need to be this way.

This topic has been on-going but it's something I'd like to explore more in-depth one day.

There are many more. And I'm sure many others will be conceived.