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Who are the best economic historians that focus a lot on technology? Thinking folks like Mokyr, Chandler, Hounshell (arguably), Rosenberg, Usher, Temin, Noble - who else should I be reading? (I'm time-period agnostic.)
Brian Potterx.com
The public school system in the US failed so many of us—not only by teaching from a whitewashed, heteropatriarchal lens, but by omitting so many significant moments in history. Let’s strive to make sure younger generations are learning the true, complete history of this country. Until then, let’s talk about some history you probably didn’t learn in... See more
instagram.comI studied Classics in college. When I read Caro, I cannot help but think that his work is -- in terms of quality, significance, and longevity -- comparable to that of Thucydides, Tacitus, Suetonius. Truly one of a kind.
Robert Caro: Understanding Power (Full Length Version)
History isn’t the study of the past; it is the study of change. History teaches us what remains the same, what changes, and how things change.
Yuval Noah Harari • Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
I think we're in the middle of the greatest epistemic re-sorting/unraveling of our lives right now. Shiloh Hendrix, Karmelo Anthony, Tariffs, the Civil Rights Act, White Guilt, TFR, WW2, it all ties together.
The death of boomer neuromythology: 🧵
🏛 Aristophanes 🏛x.com
The king was arrested in the French Revolution
1 man volunteered to be his lawyer
With the king, he was beheaded too
Decades later, the lawyer's grandson wrote a book on the DARK SIDE of democracy, equality, & liberalism
His name:... See more
grandfather was a hero of the war against Hannibal, with the extra claim to fame of being the first man known to have entered combat with a prosthetic hand – probably just a metal hook that replaced his right hand, lost in an earlier battle.