Modern education is failing. Children are increasingly taught by screens instead of books and teachers. Let’s see what one of the greatest Western philosophers had to say about real education in comparison to today’s schooling…🧵(thread)

Montaigne understood the spirit of reading history is not in facts but in the human psychology behind it — a philosophy antithetical to the modern approach of removing any semblance of bias in education. Hence, our history textbooks are dry, linear, and rote.

Thread on what famous architectural landmarks would look like if they were restored or completed using drones 🧵 1. Whitby Abbey, England

A banger thread today from ThinkingWest (which I will repost in next comment) which illustrates from another angle the quarrel between "PhDs" and "statue pfps" as I talk about in the thread below. PhDs are overly concerned about technical details (except when they aren't) and