Karthik Sankaran
@rajakorman.bsky.social
Bay Area US. Aging macro expat. Cheap lunch guy. 1st to ever rhyme Duce and Juche. Neoliberal peacenik. Has Herder immunity. Virulent vector of dad jokes. 1/3 each phlegm, spleen & dad humors.
People will think what they will think, but the logic doesn’t make sense to me.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
People will think what they will think, but the logic doesn’t make sense to me.
Also. This is a joke. Im a card-carrying Eley-Blackbourn Sonderweg denier guy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Also. This is a joke. Im a card-carrying Eley-Blackbourn Sonderweg denier guy.
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Also pterosaurs! And of the tetrapods, birds, bats, and pterosaurs all started with a similar body plan but adopted entirely different methods of turning a limb into wings.
Uh, is that super related. I don't know m it's neat though.
Uh, is that super related. I don't know m it's neat though.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Also pterosaurs! And of the tetrapods, birds, bats, and pterosaurs all started with a similar body plan but adopted entirely different methods of turning a limb into wings.
Uh, is that super related. I don't know m it's neat though.
Uh, is that super related. I don't know m it's neat though.
Yes, this is about Why Nations Fail.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yes, this is about Why Nations Fail.
This is different from "imitation" where the fact something has happened for the 1st time may make it possible to selectively adopt, adapt, & find alternate pathways to make that thing happen the second time. But leads same place re: overthinking/extrapolating initial conditions.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is different from "imitation" where the fact something has happened for the 1st time may make it possible to selectively adopt, adapt, & find alternate pathways to make that thing happen the second time. But leads same place re: overthinking/extrapolating initial conditions.
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the crab bauplan evolved like five times
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
the crab bauplan evolved like five times
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i also don't think it explains mexico that much? like sure there were monarchies but i'm not aware of any dishes like rendang that were specifically developed for royal feasts
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
i also don't think it explains mexico that much? like sure there were monarchies but i'm not aware of any dishes like rendang that were specifically developed for royal feasts
I had a history prof who said that great cuisine requires both a peasantry and a royal court as necessary but not sufficient conditions. Which was impressive 40 years ago, but now feels like overfitting to account for Northern Europe, espcially the “not sufficient” bit.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I had a history prof who said that great cuisine requires both a peasantry and a royal court as necessary but not sufficient conditions. Which was impressive 40 years ago, but now feels like overfitting to account for Northern Europe, espcially the “not sufficient” bit.
Please send link!!!
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Please send link!!!
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counterpoint: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6y73...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
counterpoint: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6y73...