KING HENRY V (unrecognised): …methinks I could not die any where so contented as in the king’s company; his cause being just and his quarrel… Read More »Recommendation: Paul Fussell (and Shakespeare) on Real War
I’ve got soul but I’m not a solderer You may find this short video from Richard Langner helpful if you solder from time to time,… Read More »Technique: Autofeed solder method from Richard Langner
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,And puts a record on the gramophone. I. Chaucer Chopped Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The droghte of… Read More »Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
This is a short and interesting early piece on “philosophy and learning,” and the benefits of reading widely. It turns out Burke and Marx agreed… Read More »Edmund Burke on learning’s purpose and reward
Aristocracy originally meant “the rule of the best”, with connotations of virtue and competence. It sounds like a good way to run a society, depending… Read More »Aristocracy / Meritocracy; or, Beda Kumis*
About the test. The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in… Read More »John Green: “Will this be on the test?”
via MR Can efforts to eradicate inequality in wealth and education eliminate intergenerational persistence of socioeconomic status? Or would the rich and powerful be able… Read More »Remember the name: Persistence of wealth through China’s revolutions
Recommended by OpenCulture.org, via HN. See also: Writing and Reading as Technology (1): Transforming Fire; Slow BurnWriting and Reading as Technology (2): Half-baked BeginningsWriting and… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (15): videos on the evolution of the alphabet and the spread of writing
We’re not out of the woods yet. If by “woods” you mean “this place where we find ourselves in which we’re often confused, are occasionally… Read More »Out of the woods
If you’re in a position of responsibility in any organisation – a business or department of a business, a social club, a non-profit – it… Read More »Resource: Martin Blais / Beancount on the double entry counting method (bookkeeping)