Modern concept of race cannot be applied to the past. “I want to note that I think this argument begins from a mistaken premise: it is assuming that the divisions we impose today on our culture are fundamentally true in… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple
People are complex. “identities are not exclusive; they layer and coexist, sometimes easily, sometimes in tension. This insight is essential to make any sense out of how historical people think of themselves and define themselves and others.” https://acoup.blog/2021/07/16/collections-the-queens-latin-or-who-were-the-romans-part-iii-bigotry-and-diversity-at-rome/
USA or Trum do not go to war. American citizens electing him are. “Citizenship status was clearly extremely important to the ancients whose communities had it. Greek and Roman writers, for instance, do not generally write that ‘Athens’ or ‘Carthage’… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies
Is AI useful for your use case? “Low defect frequency, high defect seriousness. This is an odd corner, where the opportunity is mostly constrained to a set of experts. Software built here is going to need to be reviewed, debugged… Read More »It’s time to be right
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There in some truth in any story. “Legends are a tricky historical source to use. The key is to remember that the value of these legends for us is often not in their truth about the past (which may be… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part I: Beginnings and Legends
Slavery as necessity. “To greatly simplify, in this vision, what makes the ancient economy distinct from other subsequent forms was its substantial reliance on slavery (as opposed to dependent tenants or wage laborers) as the main system by which labor… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
Diplomacy was hard in the ancient world. “On the diplomatic side, yes, Imperator in its deviations from the EUIV model captures something real about the ancient world, which is, quite simply, the relatively primitive and disconnected state of diplomacy in… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
I am asking this for 3 years now. “Where is the vibecoded Photoshop. The vibecoded Excel. The vibecoded Maya. The vibecoded Blender. The vibecoded compiler that compiles itself. The vibecoded database, the vibecoded OS, the vibecoded anything-that-requires-architectural-judgment-to-hold-together. Huh?” https://indiepixel.de/blog/posts/where-are-the-vibecoded-photoshops/
Delegation. “the war system is quite different. Gone are moving individual armies through provinces, replaced by ‘fronts’ to which armies are assigned to either defend or push forward. I think some players are going to be quite unhappy with the… Read More »Miscellanea: Victoria III Confirmed! (First Impressions)