Tag: history
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Geo. Journey
I’ve written about it before, but one of the many things I like about building Drink•Eat•Walk is that there are so many things to do. So if one day I don’t feel like doing something directly related —writing; businessing; designing;drinking•eating•walking— I can always be productive by researching & reading. Yesterday was one of those days.…
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Missed Recommendations
One of the things I committed to at the start of this year was posting something here every day. I did pretty well the first few months, mainly because I was posting a link recommendation each weekday as a forcing function. The problem with forcing functions is that they start to feel…forced, and I thus…
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Halloween History
An entertaining podcast episode detailing the comprehensive history of where Halloween came from, and why we do all the things we do to celebrate it here in the US → https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1198908127/throughline-draft-10-19-2023 Podcasting is a great way to consume history, and NPR’s Throughline is an exceptional one. I don’t have strong feelings for or against Halloween,…
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Geographical Memory
A fascinating, map-based, Twitter* thread the details how the geography & politics of pre-WW1 Poland is still impacting the regional demography, infrastructure, economy, and culture today → https://twitter.com/sheemawn/status/1714181402424738055 Maps are the best, especially when they can be used as the canvas to describe why history unfolded the way it did. Tough to fact-check all the…
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Sapiens
I love it when people ask me for book recommendations. My answer changes pretty much every time, but this one comes up more than most → https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari-ebook/dp/B00ICN066A/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 I know some people have issues with this book, and the author, but perhaps no book has made me think more than this one. So, treat it as…
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