Why Is Moscow So Weird?
Russia is weird. “How did Moscow evolve from a swampy village in the 1100s to the biggest European city with over 20M people?” https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-is-moscow-so-weird
Czech President Speaks to University of Nebraska Community
Interesting stuff I never knew about.
Why the Bronze Age collapsed
Technology shapes societies. “The difficulty involved in mining and transporting tin is one reason that access to bronze weaponry remained concentrated in military and elite institutions. The average citizen still largely relied on tools made of copper, stone, bone, or… Read More »Why the Bronze Age collapsed
Coding is NOT solved
This. “What I’m trying to elaborate is that I don’t want the services (that I depend on) to degrade just because someone pushed AI where it didn’t belong or skipped their job in quality, security, reliability and verification.” https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/coding-is-not-solved
Intellectuals are F*cking Idiots
Having a degree does not make you smart. “Caldwell toured the country. He met the leadership and learned about their policies firsthand. But the climax of his trip was the last evening — a private audience with Pol Pot himself.… Read More »Intellectuals are F*cking Idiots
Why Did Korea Split?
Russians have a history of miscalculation. “The North saw this as the South drifting apart, both as a separate country and into capitalism. They didn’t want that. And now that the Americans had left, Korea was defenseless. Kim Il Sung… Read More »Why Did Korea Split?
Dario Amodei SNL
This is exactly what AI CEOs sound to me.
Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States
Information rules. “The clergy was generally educated. They knew, among other things, the local vernacular, latin, and could read. Since the commoners didn’t speak Latin anymore, they couldn’t read the Bible directly, so the clergy became gatekeepers of the relationship… Read More »Internet and Blockchain Will Kill Nation-States
Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?
Search currents matter. “And this is why sushi is the most Japanese type of food. It’s where rice meets fish: the rice from the continent, migrating from south to north through the islands, and increasing the population through rice farming… Read More »Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?
How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World
This is crazy. “Tokyo contains 30% of Japan’s population, yet it has been the capital of Japan for less than 200 years, and had just ~60k people around 1600! Yet by 1700, it might already have been the biggest city… Read More »How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World