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Five Timeless Life Lessons from Seneca
https://dariusforoux.com/seneca-life-lessons • 3 min
Seneca was a Stoic philosopher in Ancient Rome. While his life lessons are 2000 years old, they are now more relevant than ever.
Mere Belief, by Sallie Tisdale
https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/mere-belief
Sliding down the curve of forgetting
A History Of The World According To Getty Images
https://vimeo.com/818633482
A montage of some of the last century’s most momentous events forms the basis of a reflection on how we view the past – and how commercial archives control…
A Look Inside the 17th-Century Witch Trials of the Arctic Circle
https://lithub.com/a-look-inside-the-17th-century-witch-trials-of-the-arctic-circle • 4 min
Finnmark is a quiet, unassuming sprawl of natural splendor situated in the northeastern corner of Norway. It’s well within the Arctic Circle, seeming to head off the Barents Sea, sort of the last s…
The most important century in human history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T__YWoq45I
Is the 21st century the most pivotal time in human history? Explore how the decisions we make now may impact humanity’s future.--Is it possible that this cen...
“There’s Nothing Mystical About the Idea that Ideas Change History”
https://quillette.com/2023/12/01/theres-nothing-mystical-about-the-idea-that-ideas-change-history • 20+ min
An interview with Steven Pinker.
The Resurrection of the Bawdy
https://www.jdvjournal.com/archive/the-resurrection-of-the-bawdy • 9 min
The period of history we call the Reformation is full of its puzzles and contradictions. One of the most intriguing of those puzzles is this: that one of the leading European literary figures of the…
A Brief History of Art Movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtOFF0iSbo
The first piece of visual art in history is from 40,000 years ago. The need to create is a part of being human. It’s as old as our species and as innate as a...
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 3: Geography and Ancient History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_A5TTQMm0
In Class 3, Timothy Snyder, recently back from a visit to Ukraine, explores the geography and ancient history of the region.Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. ...
How to Understand France
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/france-explained • 16+ min
France is weird. Why is it the biggest sea country in the world? Why was it the most powerful? Why is it not even the most powerful in Europe anymore? Why is it the only country in the continent that…
Toward a shallower future
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/toward-a-shallower-future • 8 min
Adversity isn't worth the price of adversity.
Israel-Gaza war explainer: a visual analysis
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/world/article/3240168/israel-gaza-war/index.html • 8 min
A visual guide to the Palestinian territory of Gaza and the war between Israel and Hamas, following the deadly October 7 attack.
Nothing Personal
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/markets-and-the-good/articles/nothing-personal • 8 min
Was this man Parfit some kind of sociopath?
Chartbook 258 War, peace and the return of history in 2023
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-258-war-peace-and-the-return • 12+ min
In 2023 the escalation of violence around the world was horrifying. As the FT remarked: The anecdotal evidence that war is surging round the world is confirmed by the numbers. A recent report by the…
Dinner With A Dictator: What Joseph Stalin Ate
https://lithub.com/dinner-with-a-dictator-what-joseph-stalin-ate • 7 min
He lays a hand on my arm. He looks me in the eyes, and then, resignedly, he looks off toward the mountains. Then at me again. “I killed a man, Witold, do you understand?” Again he looks away, at th…