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2024-07-04

  • Continuing to read the Durants’ Story of Civilization. Reached a section about the Middle Ages in Britain. Shocked to learn that the typical allowance of ale was 1 gallon of ale per day per person. What on earth was society like where a substantial portion of the population was drinking a gallon of beer/ale per day…
Date
July 4, 2024
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2024-07-06 Updates on history (from The Story of Civilization VI: The Reformation). I’ve made it to the printing press. Was interesting to get more color on
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2024-07-03 Watched the Aaron Swartz documentary yesterday. Documentary was “just ok,” which was kind of a bummer bc I am a big fan of Aaron’s work. Naturally,