Recent interest has been Ancient North Eurasians. Their genetic relation to contemporary Europeans, Asians, and Native Americans. As well as their memetic relation to the whole world. They domesticated the dogs and Hell Hounds are a widely spread trope in myths, possibly diffusing from the ANE. Consider this a vote that you give them the Razib treatment
I don't know how to prove this is true, but it seems universally and frequently claimed by publication insiders that those old viral articles didn't actually drive meaningful traffic, so I suppose that's some evidence in support.
Substack really needs to copy more Twitter features. Need a mute/block options so I never need see any reminder that certain people exist.
I said this on another post (I think), but thanks for continuing to recommend The Horse, The Wheel, and Language. It’s great and I am glad I finally got around to reading it.
For a wide ranging American history book, I suggest "These Truths" by Jill Lepore. She looks at American history through the lens of marginalized citizens and makes no claim that her perspective is comprehensive.
She writes beautifully and puts many of our current cultural issues in an historical context. It was the best survey history book I've read in a very long time.
Just because the word didn't exist doesn't mean the condition didn't. We see plenty of examples of odd humans throughout time, so it would be for you to prove that it didn't exist prior to some date.
I see that aside from COVID substacks you read the "Concrete Conspiracy" newsletter, which claims that the "Satanic Panic" was not merely a panic but driven by an actual epidemic of Satanic ritual abuse. If you're going to believe something as debunked as vaccines being the cause of autism, I guess you might as well add that. At this point I wouldn't believe any of your claims about your family either.
I haven't seen Sound of Freedom, but belief in Pizzagate is another indication to me of someone being an inverse weathervane. You just believe in all sorts of nonsense, rather than trying to be radical in a narrow way https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/how_to_be_radichtml
Recent interest has been Ancient North Eurasians. Their genetic relation to contemporary Europeans, Asians, and Native Americans. As well as their memetic relation to the whole world. They domesticated the dogs and Hell Hounds are a widely spread trope in myths, possibly diffusing from the ANE. Consider this a vote that you give them the Razib treatment
Looks like you last wrote about dogs in 2011: https://www.razib.com/wordpress/category/dogs/
This. More articles on the Ancient North Eurasians are always welcome.
https://quillette.com/2020/10/29/the-evolutionary-history-of-mans-best-friend-revealed/
https://www.razibkhan.com/p/the-five-lineages-of-holocene-dogs#details
"This Post Will Not Go: Viral Elon Musk, X and the end of tweeted articles."
Ethan doesn't realize (or is pretending not to) that most virality was bot farms which have been progressively hobbled since Elon took over.
I don't know how to prove this is true, but it seems universally and frequently claimed by publication insiders that those old viral articles didn't actually drive meaningful traffic, so I suppose that's some evidence in support.
A rather critical review of Turchin's <i>End Times</i> from a humanist perspective.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/history-fast-and-slow
Is the Roberts & Westad book mentioned above the basis for the Mel Brooks movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082517/)?
I guess what I'm asking is this: Having seen the movie by Mel Brooks, would reading the book by Roberts and Westad be time well spent?
Substack really needs to copy more Twitter features. Need a mute/block options so I never need see any reminder that certain people exist.
I said this on another post (I think), but thanks for continuing to recommend The Horse, The Wheel, and Language. It’s great and I am glad I finally got around to reading it.
That photo is gorgeous. Where is it?
it's austin in fall as imagined by midjourney :)
now I feel unsettled instead of charmed! But thanks!
For a wide ranging American history book, I suggest "These Truths" by Jill Lepore. She looks at American history through the lens of marginalized citizens and makes no claim that her perspective is comprehensive.
She writes beautifully and puts many of our current cultural issues in an historical context. It was the best survey history book I've read in a very long time.
Some studies suggest, human brain has shrunk
And maybe feminized: https://theconversation.com/early-humans-had-to-become-more-feminine-before-they-could-dominate-the-planet-42952
The idea that autism didn't exist until the 1930's is just plain nuts.
Just because the word didn't exist doesn't mean the condition didn't. We see plenty of examples of odd humans throughout time, so it would be for you to prove that it didn't exist prior to some date.
I call bull on the "vaccine reactions".
I see that aside from COVID substacks you read the "Concrete Conspiracy" newsletter, which claims that the "Satanic Panic" was not merely a panic but driven by an actual epidemic of Satanic ritual abuse. If you're going to believe something as debunked as vaccines being the cause of autism, I guess you might as well add that. At this point I wouldn't believe any of your claims about your family either.
I haven't seen Sound of Freedom, but belief in Pizzagate is another indication to me of someone being an inverse weathervane. You just believe in all sorts of nonsense, rather than trying to be radical in a narrow way https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/how_to_be_radichtml