Why You Shouldn't Read OId History

The lay person doesn't need to read ancient history books

Jun 18, 2023

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I’m still stuck with writers block so you’re getting another weird one from me this week.

A year ago or so, a colleague asked me if he should read Gibbon. I hadn’t read Gibbon in nearly 20 years but I told him “absolutely not.” But I don’t think I gave a particularly good set of reasons why he shouldn’t.

Somehow that came up today and I just thought I wou…

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