Humanity reached its cultural peak during the Greek Classical age and the Hellenistic era; Romans preserved it but it has been downhill ever since.. Change my mind.

Stop panicking about the markets and trust Trump's plan for short term pain for medium term agony for long term catastrophe

No way the fall of Rome was this cringe

The spiral staircase in Lednice Castle's library made in 1851. Carved from a single oak tree without nails

“Don’t leave nothing for later. Later, the coffee gets cold. Later, you lose interest. Later, the day turns into night. Later, open doors close. Later, people grow up. Later, people grow old. Later, life goes by. Later, you regret not doing something. And you had the chance.”

What ancient instruments sounded like. Video by Bilimtuel Which is your favorite?

AI can teach you how to do almost anything. And yet people I talk to every week say the same thing: "I don't know what to do with my life. I just feel overwhelmed with all the options." The thing that's missing isn't how-to. It's what-do. Read more philosophy.

Reading books can help you live longer. It's science 🤷‍♂️ nationalgeographic.com/health/article…

This periodic table uses real element samples encased in clear acrylic.

How to Write clearly

“Exercise is the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today."

Sting said something that really stuck with me on CBS Sunday Morning: “All of us are in danger of losing our work to AI… everyone. Whether you’re an artist, a journalist, a lawyer — this technology could replace any of us.” His takeaway? The only thing that will truly save us

“If people loved humanity as genuinely as they love their children, they would be as unwilling in religion or politics as in the home to let themselves be deceived by comfortable fairy tales. If your child is ill, and you are a conscientious parent, you accept medical diagnosis,

This remarkable colour photograph of hot air balloons at the inaugural Paris Air Show was taken in 1909 by Léon Gimpel, using the Autochrome Lumière process, the first commercial process for colour photography

3600-year-old, the Nebra Sky Disc. the oldest depiction of the cosmos in the world; showing the sun, moon and several other celestial constellations. Found in a burial in Saxony - Germany. Dated to 1600 BC

You can’t really argue this. They believe in investing in the people and infrastructure.

To study a language is to enter its culture "With AI, this process of conquest through knowledge will be lost. The passion for knowing and discovering another people will disappear...and we risk knowing nothing at all about the people who speak them" theguardian.com/world/commenti…

Bologna, Italy — once a city of towers. In the Middle Ages, Bologna’s skyline was filled with dozens of tall stone towers built by powerful families for status, defense, and control. Older estimates claimed as many as 180 towers, though modern studies suggest the number may have

We are facing such rapid technological change that it is impossible to know what skills and knowledge will be in demand in the coming decades. It could be that much of what we teach in schools today will be irrelevant in a few years. The solution is to remain flexible and always