Alex Petkas - Cost of Glory @costofglory
I quit academia to teach you what they should have taught you | Heroes, Persuasion, Tradition - Energy from the Past | Princeton PhD | Cost of Glory podcast costofglory.com Lacedaemon, TX Joined June 2021-
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Actionable advice from Lee Kuan Yew: Family as the stable anchor of civilization that persists through times of chaos: “If you look at societies over the millennia you find certain basic patterns. American civilization from the Pilgrim Fathers on is one of optimism and the…
Plutarch’s Lives is hustle porn for European monarchs.
when Julius Caesar was rising up the ranks in his political career, he already started off pretty poor, but made it worse when…
Never noticed the Caesar vibes of this guy, but wow
Never noticed the Caesar vibes of this guy, but wow https://t.co/eJmQVTfXsv
"If history can't fortify us on the eve of battle, it has failed at its most important purpose - to inspire action in the present." I'm listening back through the @costofglory podcast this week, and it's absolutely PHENOMENAL History is more than facts and figures It's about…
Loved this convo and love what Stoa is doing.
This episode has been out for less than 30 minutes and already people can't stop talking about it.
This episode has been out for less than 30 minutes and already people can't stop talking about it.
The Europeans are sleeping Quick post things they don't understand
What are the good places to go now to find a good conversation partner to work on my Italian?
I've learned so much from @FoundersPodcast over the years -- I have a Pavlovian reaction to his voice equivalent to 3 espressos ☕️☕️☕️, fueling me to try harder at life -- so I decided to make a tribute song. I hope you get a smile out of it, and if you know Founders, you can…
Unlocking the Vesuvius Scrolls (@scrollprize) could usher in a Second Renaissance. Here's a lost text I hope we find, by your favorite Roman Conqueror. And how it could help you write better. Julius Caesar wrote a book (now lost), on 2 scrolls, while crossing the Alps to…
The boy looks at his face, The dad looks at his weapon.
🧵 Future of Publishing: 10 High-Conviction Views (1) The brightest readers are neglected by the publishing industry. Most publishers aim for the mass market and produce boring books, stuffed with fluff, optimized for predictable sales and not cover-to-cover enjoyment.
Why aren’t you working on this?
Just listened to the @costofglory episode on Pompey the Great and his siege of the Temple Mount. Absolutely fascinating event, arguably one of the most important in Roman and human history! The first meeting between Rome, in all its military power, and the Jew's Lord
The Roman war hero Lucullus wrote a history of his times in Greek. But he threw in "a few barbarisms and solecisms to make his readers more willing to believe that it was written by a Roman." Sophisticated Romans knew better than to wear their sophistication too proudly.
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Ep. 99 Aleksandr Dugin is the most famous political philosopher in Russia. His ideas are considered so dangerous, the Ukrainian government murdered his daughter and Amazon won’t sell his books. We talked to him in Moscow.
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@costofglory @Troglodyticus But was he sexist?
@costofglory Imagine conquering Germany, bringing home ancient history, and your dumbass relatives give it to goodwill when you die
@costofglory America truly is the biggest time capsule in the world
@costofglory Picked up a Greek made false from a store in NJ. Had it appraised , turns out to be real, $370 Paid $15
@costofglory My grandad has something similar but instead of some gay roman guy it's Elvis.
@costofglory It was part of King Ludwig I of Bavaria's collection.
@costofglory That's crazy. It's got to be worth at least $350. What a bargain.
@costofglory People looted and had stuff shipped home when they were overseas in WW2.
@costofglory I got a bust of Lenin for $35 so we're kinda even
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@costofglory I wish, but then I couldn’t sell it anyway, it’s too cool