what is the modern equivalent of wealthy florentine bankers paying artists to make some of the greatest art that defined their generation? we have a rocketeer and a anti-malaria guy, but who's making epic sculptures, cathedrals, maybe a grand library? yachts are boring, man
-
Show this thread
-
if I were a multi-millionaire I would fund dumb things for shits and giggles – if I were a multi-billionaire I think I would do something like "The Alexandria Project". Recreate the Library of Alexandria but with the spirit of modern times. Accelerate science and literature
13 replies 3 retweets 96 likesShow this thread -
visa is almost done ✍🏾 📖 Retweeted c a s e
visa is almost done ✍🏾 📖 added,
1 reply 2 retweets 66 likesShow this thread -
re: the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad https://roamresearch.com/#/app/visakanv-public/page/dZTMadHhn?help …pic.twitter.com/CTO037olDc
2 replies 4 retweets 27 likesShow this thread -
Interesting bit from Bertrand Russell about the Dutch golden age, resonates with
@DavidDeutschoxf's riffs about conjecture and criticismpic.twitter.com/vfizFuZXYq
3 replies 3 retweets 44 likesShow this thread -
Ludwig Wittgenstein and and Karl Popper were both born in Vienna within 3 years of each other (1889, 1902) My first thought was "wow, that's so lucky for Vienna", but then I'm reminded of
@paulg's point about cities and ambition: http://paulgraham.com/cities.html pic.twitter.com/fpzhvvbBmr
6 replies 2 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
as with most of pg's core arguments, there's a fatal (and extremely simple) flaw in this one. the phrase is "heard of." the idea that "someone who doesn't know art knows your name x100 years later = success in your lifetime."
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
pg likes to use areas he knows little to nothing about as the crux of his arguments, which is weird bc he could just write them as opinions and be fine. guess he has never heard of van eyck, bosch, bruegel, or holbein… all painters of greater innovation than the italians.
3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
Bruegel is one of my favorite painters. That's why I put one of his Towers of Babel on the cover of Hackers and Painters. But he worked in the sixteenth century, not the fifteenth. As did Holbein.
-
-
generous response
0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.