Finished vol. 2 of Braudel’s Civilisation and Capitalism, finally. The trio will likely be a foundational prism through which I think about the near future.

Finished vol. 2 of Braudel’s Civilisation and Capitalism, finally. The trio will likely be a foundational prism through which I think about the near future.
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-ii/paper

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Oversight on my part of never reading this.  What drew you to Braudel?  A history of capitalism?

Read broadly.  Work tirelessly.  Love deeply.

Stopped reading Harari after Sapiens, but I am a fan of the Durant's and want to read The Story of Civilization one day after I retire.  I'll research the shorter texts as a place to begin.  

Thanks for explaining sir.

First came across Braudel years back when Nassim Taleb mentioned vol. 1 of Civ. and Capitalism (Structures of Everyday Life). I believe as an antithesis to broad sweep, Harari style histories.

Read a couple of his shorter texts in 2018/2019. Came for the longer trilogy b/c one of my reading tracks concerns the study of motion as an abstract phenomena (flows, folds and fields) and as an applied concept (flows, folds and fields in different domains).

Seemed quite appropriate to dig into historical, civ wide shifts given current trends and tech development.