A great framework to think about history. “And that’s exactly the problem with zero-dimensional history: a true point contains very little data. A single painting can’t capture the full significance of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in which… Read More »The Four Shapes of History
Is it magic tough? “Humans’ first big meta-innovation, roughly speaking — the first thing that lifted us above an animal existence — was history. By this, I don’t just mean the chronicling of political events and social trends that we… Read More »The Third Magic
Or more about sports business models. [Freakonomics Radio] 649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.? #freakonomicsRadio https://podcastaddict.com/freakonomics-radio/episode/208341900 via @PodcastAddict
War is more complicated than shown in movies. “Victory, then, is not always the annihilation of enemy forces—it is the collapse of the enemy’s will to resist.” https://mwi.westpoint.edu/a-clausewitzian-lens-on-modern-urban-warfare/
Focus on what really matters. https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/08/mortality-in-the-news-vs-what-we-usually-die-from/
I totally agree
Kurzgesagt is not the only one. It is unreliable and bad for the world.
I have read and heard many times, that many of the psychological issues we have as people come from thinking too much about ourselves. If we focus more on our community, work, tasks, then we have less mental issues. I… Read More »Being Consumed by Oneself
It is always a trade off. “Locking up my money and forgoing consumption for a year might not be as painful as slaving away behind a cash register for 1000 hours, but it’s not nothing.” https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-do-people-get-paid-to-invest
Art is fun if you know a lot. This channel helps you with that.