People out there are still trying to disprove the bodily Assumption of Plato

I'm actually part Bulgarian so I'm not sure how I feel about this

Great meeting Nat Eliason last night. Very excited to read his upcoming book on his adventures in the degen crypto casinos!

Now I see where this was all going…

How to win a Civil War

Lessons from Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey at Rome.

(From Cost of Glory podcast, Episode 85 - Pompey III: Fields of Pharsalus - on all platforms now, including YT):

i). Clarity defeats Size

If you want to take down an incumbent (like Caesar had…

Shield of Achilles:
First Ancient Greek meditation on technology

Actionable advice from Lee Kuan Yew:

Family as the stable anchor of civilization that persists through times of chaos:

“If you look at societies over the millennia you find certain basic patterns. American civilization from the Pilgrim Fathers on is one of optimism and the…

Plutarch’s Lives is hustle porn for European monarchs.

Never noticed the Caesar vibes of this guy, but wow

'If history can't fortify us on the eve of battle, it has failed at its most important purpose - to inspire action in the present.'

I'm listening back through the Alex Petkas - Cost of Glory podcast this week, and it's absolutely PHENOMENAL

History is more than facts and figures

It's about…

Loved this convo and love what Stoa is doing.

The Europeans are sleeping

Quick post things they don't understand

What are the good places to go now to find a good conversation partner to work on my Italian?

Unlocking the Vesuvius Scrolls (Vesuvius Challenge) could usher in a Second Renaissance.

Here's a lost text I hope we find, by your favorite Roman Conqueror.

And how it could help you write better.

Julius Caesar wrote a book (now lost), on 2 scrolls, while crossing the Alps to…