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A brief recap of my 2024 posts

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Do you want to be a synonym?

I had a dinner with a friend tonight and we spoke of how the new era which has just begun makes lots of our knowledge, or the ways of thinking, about international relations, economic policies, poverty and wealth etc.

15 hours ago 3 votes
Being Non-Transactional.

Beyond "What's in it for me?"

6 hours ago 2 votes
The Madness of Messalina

What Sort of Woman Makes History?

4 hours ago 1 votes
When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI

One reason I became a historian is the joy of encountering moments in the past that are foreign, yet also oddly familiar.

2 hours ago 1 votes
Fiction is truer than fact

Willing suspension of disbelief is not a good basis for lawmaking

9 hours ago 1 votes