ThinkingWest
@thinkingwest · Dec 13, 2024
Spengler writes:
"The way from Alexander to Caesar is unambiguous and unavoidable, and the strongest nation of any and every culture, consciously or unconsciously, willing or unwilling, has had to tread it. From the rigor of these facts there is no refuge."
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Spengler did too much reasoning from historical examples and not enough reasoning from first principles.
The role of technology is not properly appreciated by most historians, as they have no idea how physics actually works. It all seems like magic to them.
06:08 PM · December 13, 2024 · 257.4K views
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