Recent finished “Columbus and the quest for Jerusalem”. Very interesting read that goes into so much that I didn’t know about Columbus, the man, and his voyages. I’m not even mentioning what I “learned” in school which at best just glosses over it as just happening without real incident and at worst the broad brush “literal genocide” version from supposedly highly educated. The stories and accounts preceding and surrounding the 4 voyages are fascinating. Oh and the whole “quest for Jerusalem” piece is another rabbit hole to go down that probably shapes politics and sentiment today. Every aspect was complicated and no amount of “woke” presentism will make that go away. Recommend adding it to your reading list. #bookstr https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Columbus-and-the-Quest-for-Jerusalem/Carol-Delaney/9781439102374

Finished “The Genesis Book” yesterday and it’s a very well done read @Aaron van Wirdum Learned a lot about the incremental failures that Bitcoin was built upon as well as successes. If you read this and think about all the attempts, the timing, the public apathy, etc this shit shouldn’t even exist, much less have taken off. Free software could have just remained an obscure MIT lab habit Cryptography could have remained the domain of the NSA “forever” Hayek could have given up on his ideas while the rest of the world listened to Keynes and put the future on credit Etc and so on. Give it a read.