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I'm going through a bunch of early colonial artworks right now and it's so wild to see how much more we know compared to a few hundred years ago where Europeans were just starting to categorise things around them.
But there's still much unknown to us (I guess us in this sense being Western scientific paradigm) and still so much research that can be done and things to be found on earth, just felt wild that we're in this period where it feels like everything has been discovered when that's not true!!
May 31, 2025
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It's for my dnd campaign lol but now I can't stop learning about ancient civilizations and how those cultures would've evolved without colonial interferences (More specifically Mayan Futurism)
Seriously though getting sucked into random subjects and choosing to jump into the rabbit hole is a special experience
Jun 8, 2024
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Like so many people, I never cared for history. It was always just a bunch of dates, cause-and-effect relationships, and names I had to memorize last minute before an exam. Now that I’m so many years separated from all that, I’ve finally found that I’m entering the pro-history phase of my life. I mean, it’s just so interesting. There’s such finite details available about everything, and sooo many different little niches with tons of resources equally as available as the obvious stuff. oh and it’s true, which is both terrifying and cool.
Feb 1, 2022
i read only one book about it, but i guess in a broader sense i find the history of time keeping and astronomy/logy(it was practically the same during most of history) really interesting. thinking about a time before light pollution, being able to see the milky way with the naked eye. etc.
one of my profs said that history is the story we tell ourselves about the past, and that the past (happened but) does not exist. that blew my mind a bit.
Feb 20, 2024
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currently being a bit more financially responsible and finding that the only way for me to stay on top of things is to know my daily budget and actually write it down and see the numbers with my own eyes, because numbers don't mean shit to me otherwise
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