2022-04-21

• The rise and fall of Egypt/Persia/Rome/etc feel like topics that more people should be thinking about. Refutes the idea that “progress” is linear. Ribbonfarm has an interesting theory about this that boils down to civilization grows strong through smart people writing down their ideas, which catch on and are codified into social norms enforced by lesser minds, which is good until the ideas become outdated in some way, and but the civilization is old and fat and doesn’t produce sufficiently smart people to update the rules, so the civilization gets taken by the barbarians. Right, sure. But is there a way to break the cycle? Would be interesting to get more detail on this process, but I’m not sure where to look. Maybe Gibbon. Maybe Durant.
  To do
  
• packing
  • Clothes
    • Shorts
      
    • Shirts
      
    • Pants
      
    • Sweater
      
    • jacket
      
    • Running clothes
      
    • Socks
      
    • Shoes
      
  • hygiene
    
  • Electronics
    
  • Passes
    
  • sunscreen

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