Brendan Greeley
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the history of finance at Princeton. Working on early-modern Atlantic currencies. Writing a trade-press history of the dollar and a dissertation about the guinea. I used to be a journalist. I used to be a lot of things.
This year I bought a fryer for the oysters. Already made the remoulade last night. Super excited.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This year I bought a fryer for the oysters. Already made the remoulade last night. Super excited.
Notting Hill ain't gonna watch itself
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Notting Hill ain't gonna watch itself
This makes sense. It is important to stay terrified. (But it is also terrifying.)
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This makes sense. It is important to stay terrified. (But it is also terrifying.)
That‘s kind, and I hope you’re right. But your basic point about Sapiens is also right, and I felt like a dilettante when I had to, say, touch on the politics of Bohemia within the Holy Roman Empire or the role of the Cortes in peninsular Spain. Big and sweeping is dangerous.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
That‘s kind, and I hope you’re right. But your basic point about Sapiens is also right, and I felt like a dilettante when I had to, say, touch on the politics of Bohemia within the Holy Roman Empire or the role of the Cortes in peninsular Spain. Big and sweeping is dangerous.
I have been reminding them to have empathy for historical actors caught up in bubbles and manias and now I’m like “…but not too much.”
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I have been reminding them to have empathy for historical actors caught up in bubbles and manias and now I’m like “…but not too much.”
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Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.