Paul Graham on Twitter: "My 8 yo son was surprised to learn Napoleon was a modern rather than an ancient ruler. I suspect Napoleon would be pleased by that."

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1. andrei‏ @AGlingeanu 7 Apr 2017
  Replying to @paulg
  
  Whoa, it turns out he was one of the few modernists who used to multitask effectively, many of us still struggle with that.
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1. Julián Molina‏ @julian_molina 7 Apr 2017
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  Not sure what's the line there. When I was 8 years old, everything before my birth seemed ancient to me.
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1. Dirk America‏ @HeavyDInTheLimo 7 Apr 2017
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  I always forgot that napoleon was after the American revolution when I was in middle school
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1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 7 Apr 2017
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  From the perspective of an 8 year old, a lot of things probably qualify as ancient history...
  
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1. fblr‏ @SakumiBLR 7 Apr 2017
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  Not sure he would have wanted to be called "ancient". Seems like he was always forward looking, using science more than anyone in France
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1. Joe Beirne‏ @joexb 7 Apr 2017
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  wait till you explain early-modern, pre-modern and post-mod to skeptical teen who won't accept that “Late Modernity” ended in 1945!
  
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1. David Cain‏ @DavidDCain 7 Apr 2017
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  So modern is everything after Monet right?
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1. hom(—, matteo)‏ @mattecapu 7 Apr 2017
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  Should we redefine "modern'"?
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1. Zubin Wadia‏ @zubinwadia 7 Apr 2017
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  I wonder what his interpretation would be of Cyropaedia by Xenophon.
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