Archeology is like arithmetic to historians. “It is thus relevant that over the past half-century or so, it has so happened that effectively all ancient historians have had to develop a strong grasp of archaeological data; we don’t all necessarily… Read More »Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part III: Things
Urbanization matters. “If on politics we have a bit of a mix between decline and continuity, when it comes to the cities that made up the old political system, the ‘decline and fall’ knight strikes a clear blow: the system… Read More »Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions
Nice overview for non-tech people of AI state of art and history in short.
Why everyone listens and watches the old shit.
Some common sense. [Common Sense with Dan Carlin] Show 326 – The Water in Which We Swimhttps://podcastaddict.com/common-sense-with-dan-carlin/episode/224278412 via @PodcastAddict
Stop doing this. “I worked as a developer at a company. I asked the business owner a question about a business task. He sent me a ChatGPT screenshot with the answer. I replied that it had nothing to do with… Read More »I’m tired of talking to AI
Rome has not fallen in a day. “Roman Empire in the west was swept over by some destructive military tide. Instead the process here is one in which the parts of the western Roman Empire steadily fragment apart as central… Read More »Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
“Imagine I were to build a bridge over a stream and for twenty years the bridge stays up and then one day, quite unexpectedly, the bridge collapses. We can ask why the bridge fell down, but the fundamental force of… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part V: Saving And Losing an Empire
Specialization matters.