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It’s interesting that we tend to take philosophical advances as corrections instead of building on a shared foundation, which we do in science. People struggle with a Christian-Nietszchean fusion because they’re too metaphysical about it. “Bronze Age” (master) morality and Christian (slave) morality are not competing philosophies, they’re social technologies that build on each other.

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People talk a lot about secularization of Christianity that then influences everything around us without us realizing. But apocalypse isn’t one of them. These Christian end of world panics happened all the time, a big one every 100-200 years. I think we still retain that mentality without the religious aspect of it

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I know this might be controversial… but I really admire the titans of industry from 19th and 20th century. The sheer will to change industries, dominate sectors and build business empires. I know about their monopolistic practices and exploitation of workers, but I also believe that their efforts helped the population at large to become more prosperous and raised the general standard of living. https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-knowledge-project-with-shane-parrish/id990149481?i=1000702683685

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If you grew up in the US northeast, ask anybody who grew up south of Mason-Dixon about this thing called “reconstruction” It is absolutely insane how much they discuss it vs how little we discuss it

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In 1946, the US military conducted two nonstop distance flights that changed world history by showing its prowess to its adversaries: Perth, Australia to Columbus, Ohio Oahu, Hawaii to Cairo, Egypt (via north pole). Fascinating book about the two flights!

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Historic crowdfund that boosted morale by funding fighter planes during WWII Brilliant counter propaganda effort by Lord Beaverbrook who was up against Joseph Goebbels https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35697546

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Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie -- great chemists who got the Nobel Prize jointly in 1935. They were also active with the French Communist Party!

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Any recommendations for a biography of Xi Jinping?

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JFK and Ghana's President Nkrumah hanging out in March 1961

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“Innovation and discovery by definition war against the common understanding. One should be wary.” (Stella Maris, 2023)

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“We fiddled that election to protect the cool kids, because we just couldn’t stomach the nerds.”… once upon a time you could blow stuff up; write books about it

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Who else is excited about this? https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/argentina-to-declassify-documents-about-nazi-escape-lines-after-wwii/

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The Black Prince and Henry V

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The most stunning action by Trump which isn't talked about enough is the firing of 17 inspectors general, the non-partisan folks whose job is to make sure the government is acting proper and lawful

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Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah (ruler from 2006 to 2020) meeting with Obama in 2009 and Khamenei in 2014. Before that, he was foreign minister from 1963 to 2003, a world record at the time!

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