I am reading Thomas Sowell's book "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics", and his discussion of the many factors that affect what kind of society results from a variety of geographic, demographic, social, and genetic factors interacting. For a long time, I have thought about societies like those in Russia and most European and Asian countries in …
Continue reading Thoughts on Societies, and on America. Poor peasants.
This story is fascinating. I love Medieval history, as it was a period that led to earth-shaking changes, not only cultural but environmental and physical, all over the world. Here's what happened in England. The Black Death did not arrive in England to find a well fed population. It arrived to find a generation that …
Continue reading Sama Says: Time for a History Lesson. Nutrition and Plague in Medieval England.
This young man's hobby horse is human health, and how our conditions have changed with history. I'll bet you haven't looked at things quite this way before. Nasty, brutish and short. That is the phrase everyone reaches for to describe life before civilisation, and it may be one of the most successful pieces of propaganda …
Here are some stories and places you will find edifying. https://twitter.com/jameslucasit/status/2060032596793565673?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Vertigo! https://twitter.com/jwhaifa/status/2059308681167057372?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Chagall is one of my favorite artists. https://twitter.com/samahoole/status/2058200985424601597?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ The Medieval period was not really a Dark Age. https://twitter.com/ancienthistorry/status/2060461669252481346?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ This may change your thinking Happy Friday!
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