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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think he’s a historian by trade, so no

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We don't trust historians?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’m only half serious :)

They are Wonderful storytellers !

My personal difficulty is the grey areas between inference and speculation.

Ie “this is the area where they made a fire” vs “they would have discussed village politics while roasting meat here”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Sounds like something a historian would say

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

His first book (Sapiens) does a great job of showing how frail is modern civilization, though. Its foundation is, like religion, only beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It’s a superb book - I was being mischievous.

He’s into meditation is a big way, as was I when I read it, although I have since lapsed.

The advantage I think this gave me at the time, was to deeply connect with his writing perspective - ie not human-centric.

Buddhism cautions against human exceptionalism in various ways and invites anyone to discover this through meditation.

The quote about wheat profoundly expresses this, with great concision.

My quip was about historians being vulnerable to artistic license to tell a story !