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Do you mean history outside of tech? Or history of (software / CS) tech? A lot of times my favorite talks are historical perspective (tech) talks, so I would a
by yaj54 8y ago
Do you mean history outside of tech? Or history of (software / CS) tech? A lot of times my favorite talks are historical perspective (tech) talks, so I would also like to get more of those in there. A "history" topic filter would be sweet even on the talks I'm already searching but categorizing by topic is not something I've tackled here yet.
- mongol 8y agoI mean "regular history". About ancient civilizations, bronze age collapse, Napoleon, the Russian revolution, things like that. It is a personal preference for me to listen to such talks, but I think there could be interest in many other topics as well. I have come to the conclusion that apart from literature, talks in academic settings are more likely to be interesting, compared with documentaries produced for television.
- yaj54 8y agoCool. The hard part is collecting the list relevant talks, the easy part is ranking them. If there is a way to get the right set of academic history talks it wouldn't be that hard to go from there. I haven't watched much historical lectures, but I do enjoy documentaries and historical fiction. Another idea I've kicked around is a site that organizes a bunch of historical documentaries and historical fiction into a geo-timeline visualization. And include the ability for people to comment on and discuss the historically accuracy of the films. But that's a different project...
- christudor 8y agoWhat kind of stuff do you listen to at the moment? Where do you go to find these kind of talks?