Recent Posts by austin:
- To “Cut Parts” – Did the Romans really take a “pound of flesh” from the living bodies of debtors?
Spoiler: No. A Youtuber I subscribe to, Essential Salts, recently did a collaborative episode with the host of another channel, Gnostic Informer, discussing their various areas of overlapping interests. It was a good example of how early career, but potentially top tier, public intellectuals can collaborate to produce work that is ultimately mediocre. This isn’t […]
- I Used Chat-GPT to Write a Better Tariff Policy than Trump’s.
It took 4 hours or so.
- Reminder: Elon Musk’s grandparents “supported Hitler”, according to his dad, Errol, in this interview with a South African Podcaster.
In an interview from November last year, Errol Musk, while discussing his relationship with his wife, Elon’s mum, Maye Musk, the tech magnates father note that her parents, who apparently never liked him or whatever. Here’s the transcript, starting at 52:51 in the video linked to above. Just in case so far that wasn’t a […]