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Despite the many issues, I'd still suggest anyone interested in the Aztec empire at the time of the Spanish conquest to read The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo. …

> The human tendency to defer to authority may never be as terrifying as when that authority is held by an uncaring machine with a couple bugs. To this observation I highly recomme…

How exceptionally Baudrillardian, or maybe the word is meta. A class, in their search for authenticity, have "gentrified" the authentic experiences -- and hardships -- of an origin…

"Hey throwaway43532, [PERSON] just found out you're at [PLACE] and is on their way with a weapon. I contacted the authorities, but you need to get out of there now!" might be a sev…

> My goodness, all those people who went to concerts before cell phones must have been so hardcore, taking risks like that. I get the point you're trying to make, but to me this ju…