#BestBaca #GoodRead. It’s also worth noting that one of the old names of China, Cathay, came from the word Khitan lol. I’ve always wondered about the Liao (Khitan) and the Jin dynasties which literally controlled the “Chinese heartlands” and bullied the Song Dynasty because they were more powerful, but somehow got excluded from the “proper” Chinese dynasties list because they weren’t ruled by ethnic Han ppl.

https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/138exvt/_/jiy7nff/?context=1

“When you feel your history is the only thing you have going for you at the moment, any attempt at revising it feels like an existential attack.” #BestBaca #GoodRead https://newlinesmag.com/argument/was-cleopatra-a-black-african-queen/

“Why are so many people seduced by these rich hucksters?

The first problem is that many still falsely believe we live in a meritocratic society, in which riches are purely a marker of talent rather than of luck or generational wealth.

If someone is a billionaire, they must be a genius. But there are serious reasons to doubt that claim.”

#BestBaca #GoodRead https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius

#BestBaca #Mastodon https://www.theverge.com/23673125/mastodon-separate-tags-hashtag-navigation-accessibility

#BestBaca #MyPoli #Malaysia https://maddruid.com/?p=18087

#BestBaca

“The most powerful people in the world are optimists. Their optimism is not helping.”

“I don’t believe it is time for reflexive pessimism. Doomerism isn’t the answer. We don’t need a new round of “Satanic panic - TikTok edition.””

“What we need, I think, is a robust, revitalized pragmatism.”

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/on-technological-optimism-and-technological

“Since the internet is no longer the delirious, much-desired outside, the space of libertarian freedom must apparently be redefined yet again. Thiel’s aristocratic characterization of exit as an escape—not from a place or from the state, but from politics and the “unthinking demos”—explains much of the chaos of today’s public scene, not just in the United States, but around the world.” #BestBaca https://harpers.org/archive/2023/01/exit-technologists-libertarianism/