White Pill: I’ve had a thread by my friend - bookmarked to use here for several months, and I think it’s time to put it in. The thread is concerning Sir William Marshal, the first Lord Pembroke.
He served 5 different kings, was undefeated in tournaments, and helped to negotiate the Magna Carta. As I remarked in a section above, I feel like the move away from the Renaissance Man (jack of all trades) and to the “specialist” class has been a massive net-negative for the West as a whole.
I am, however, starting to see signs emerge in the greater consciousness, sentiment, and now physical examples of people beginning to show themselves to be those of many interests & talents, like “the greats” who built the world as we know it.
The current long-form post & pod that I’m working on touches a bit on “the greats and masters” of science and art who would be laughed out of the room by the “respectable consensus-building establishment” of science, academia, and art today...
White Pill: I’ve had a thread by my friend - bookmarked to use here for several months, and I think it’s time to put it in. The thread is concerning Sir William Marshal, the first Lord Pembroke.
He served 5 different kings, was undefeated in tournaments, and helped to negotiate the Magna Carta. As I remarked in a section above, I feel like the move away from the Renaissance Man (jack of all trades) and to the “specialist” class has been a massive net-negative for the West as a whole.
I am, however, starting to see signs emerge in the greater consciousness, sentiment, and now physical examples of people beginning to show themselves to be those of many interests & talents, like “the greats” who built the world as we know it.
The current long-form post & pod that I’m working on touches a bit on “the greats and masters” of science and art who would be laughed out of the room by the “respectable consensus-building establishment” of science, academia, and art today...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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