Membership in the Roman senate required an explicit level of wealth in land (or cash, which few had). “Trade” was explicitly excluded. The job of the Censors was to throw anyone out, who wasn’t rich … (View Post)

The positive hatred for technical knowledge is quite startling to behold. If you aren’t used to it. (View Post)

Also, mistaking physical diversity for philosophical diversity. See the parade of NU10K clowns - they are quite diverse in colour, sex etc. But no diversity of thought - the same ghastly word salad, … (View Post)

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/ai-search-rogue-metropolitan-police-officers-f0jhbfzbn Palantir software finding hundreds of corruption cases in the Met. - it’s Palantir - They are … (View Post)

It was noted that nearly all the many wounds inflicted on Caesar, by his assassins, were performative. (View Post)