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Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Retrospective

• ggm 4y ago
  Great stuff but I wish he could be more terse. To me, his point rests on the problem of history when you have only small numbers of sources, written from outsider perspectives, with their own agenda. As if the only history of the Spanish Amarda was written by chinese Anglophiles.
  • dllthomas 4y ago
    > I wish he could be more terse. You can always follow him on Twitter
    • ggm 4y ago
      I do. Thats too far the other way! He cuts the pieces into 2 (sorry ii) or iii pieces often. But even then, they are several scrolls long. More than a simple scribe can read quickly.
      • dllthomas 4y ago
        > I do. Thats too far the other way! In case it wasn't clear, that was 2/3 in jest, though he is often entertaining and informative there as I'm sure you've noticed :) > More than a simple scribe can read quickly. Yeah, I've just come to terms with the fact that a meaningful (though not overwhelming) portion of my weekend will be spent reading whatever the pedant published that Friday. I wouldn't ask for less of it!