Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 16, 2016Replying to @asteroid_saku and @sknthlauhh no... christian roots widely recognized. See intro in Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright Sided for eg http://ribbonfarm.com/2010/02/09/bright-sided-by-barbara-ehrenreich/…11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 16, 2016Replying to @vgr and @sknthlaspecifically chapter 3 which traces history to calvinism, 19th century.. there have been a few other (v. non-neutral) waves since12
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr and @sknthlafun fact: one of the founding fathers of US self-imp, Horatio Alger, was a defrocked priest and (supposedly reformed) pedophile...10:59 PM · Sep 16, 20162 Likes