Remember how everyone keeps bringing the fact that the American empire, like every other empire before it, will soon be crumbling, and perhaps that’s not such a bad thing? From our grotesque model of beauty to our fast food to our sedentary car-centered lifestyles, we don’t export much of value these days, and our technology is definitely behind that of many other world leaders. It’s been a long time since America made anything really big, beautiful, or important.