1. Just finished “A Prince of Our Disorder”, a biography of TE Lawrence that was much weaker than expected. Lawrence held a special place for liberals who believe in national self-determination, and the story of the Arab betrayal was important to them.
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5. Inside, the cottage is decorated with Medieval drawings and Arabian sketches, but it also contains aluminium (the latest material then) and windows like this porthole.pic.twitter.com/HYzU1T9aKs
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6. Lawrence was in the Air Force and the Tank—the most advanced sections of his military—and worked on a speedboat. But he was also an archaeologist, classicist, Arabist, and Medievalist. He was, in other words, a completely holistic man who combined Ancient, Medeival, and Modern
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7. This is the type of man we should aspire towards in my view—not “cyberpunk” or “tradcat”, or “Weibo”. We need people who are comfortable reading about computer programming, studying the history of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and also read Cicero in Latin & do MMA.
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