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TIL: memetic desire & rivalry
Aug. 11th, 2026 05:03 pmHer examples of Peter Thiel's investing in FB and children's' fights over toys are quite illuminating.
Her examples of Peter Thiel's investing in FB and children's' fights over toys are quite illuminating.
TIL: Hammurabi
Jul. 22nd, 2026 05:42 pmThe so called Codex of Hammurabi was not a codex of laws, but rather a collection of laws. The distinction relates to implied comprehensiveness of a codex vs a collection.
For examples, the Hammurabi collection of laws didn't have a prescribed punishment for premeditated murder, only for an accidental one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5qYM24vUA&list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi&index=10&t=702s
For examples, the Hammurabi collection of laws didn't have a prescribed punishment for premeditated murder, only for an accidental one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5qYM24vUA&list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi&index=10&t=702s
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Jul. 20th, 2026 04:01 pm"You have to read these (Torah) stories, as if you are reading them for the first time."
This is probably one of the best skills one can develop to understand the world. The concepts of prophecy, promise and faith are incomprehensible without the skill.
This is probably one of the best skills one can develop to understand the world. The concepts of prophecy, promise and faith are incomprehensible without the skill.
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Jan. 25th, 2022 07:00 pmThere's no cognitive downside to learning multiple language at the same time when you are a child.
Just like 150 years ago people don't want to believe science because it entails an increase in government powers to impose rules and regulations on individuals.
In the book, the first question is about the pathogen
1. What is the causative pathogen of the disease?
...As we move forward we will encounter three different categories of microbial pathogens: bacteria, viruses, and plasmodia.
--- Frank M. Snowden;. “Epidemics and Society.”
Anti-plague measures proved to be ineffective against cholera because the latter had asymptomatic carries; it (bacteria) flowed through waterways and could not be stopped by sanitary cordons.
https://youtu.be/yzO3Z3O1g2M?t=2915
https://youtu.be/yzO3Z3O1g2M?t=2915
https://youtu.be/pnyFz6yDPcs?t=1680
Organizational solutions came centuries before the science of infection was developed.
upd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaretto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire
Organizational solutions came centuries before the science of infection was developed.
upd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaretto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire
