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In the past, authorities have authorized censorship on the basis of claims of substantial chances of social disruption or collapse if people were free to hear about religious heresy, alternate ideologies, sexually permissive art, losses in ongoing wars, looming disasters, and pandemic details.
I’m wondering how well I might organize my cultural drift messages around a few key slogans.
Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas.
Not sure why I didn’t notice before, but I’ve just realized that my key ask re cultural drift, namely let’s try to save cherished parts of our culture from being discarded by successor civs, violates key modern taboos!
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For centuries, tourists and scholars have stood before the Great Sphinx of Giza, captivated by its imposing scale and mysterious face. Built by Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558-2532 BC) during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, the Sphinx was intended as an eternal symbol of royal authority. But how did this towering guardian lose […]
A full translation of Xi's speech and notes on Beijing’s reading of Sun’s legacy, national reunification and rejuvenation
What I learned from a truly eccentric historian
An interview with Alexis D'Herouville on his ancestor, Tocqueville
Why the world peace depends on small counties’ not taking sides?
