tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post6034538474278328546..comments2024-02-15T13:20:14.813-06:00Comments on Gordon's Notes: The new history is deep historyJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-46992974472787692792010-08-21T16:52:39.204-05:002010-08-21T16:52:39.204-05:00I like the comments in Brad's post ...
http:...I like the comments in Brad's post ...<br /><br /><br />http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/08/deep-history.htmlJGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-80323759502897452532010-05-25T16:12:47.658-05:002010-05-25T16:12:47.658-05:00Antikythera mechanism? That anything related to th...Antikythera mechanism? That anything related to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery" rel="nofollow">Baghdad Batteries</a>?PakoPakohttp://www.gamefaqs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-76409917779488649982010-05-13T16:00:05.169-05:002010-05-13T16:00:05.169-05:00John,
you said, "In each case, of course, co...John,<br /><br />you said, "In each case, of course, computation has been a fundamental driver. That’s how it works – new instruments make new science."<br /><br />When I was thinking about this it occurred to me that time may be at the center of this somehow.<br /><br />When did we conceive of time? Why would you even need a concept like this. I was poking around at this idea in my Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487267519364183901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-19580770156521602342010-05-07T11:55:23.116-05:002010-05-07T11:55:23.116-05:00Thaaaag has lunch. Pizza ( equivalent of rotting ...Thaaaag has lunch. Pizza ( equivalent of rotting fish picked up by the shore)<br /><br />Re Mitten's book... Quirkey is probably the right word. On the other hand, most other writings on this subject is either pretentious or overly academic. I think Mitten is trying to use a writing technique that attempts to place us in the living world of these people. After I got used to it I rather Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487267519364183901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-82237937531505937312010-05-07T08:00:24.678-05:002010-05-07T08:00:24.678-05:00Thaaag get iPad. Thaaag get Blogger profile. Soon ...Thaaag get iPad. Thaaag get Blogger profile. Soon Thaaag blog.<br /><br />Doesn't Betsy have a blog? You know you want to start one. I want to be reader #1.<br /><br />Mitten's book is still in print: http://www.amazon.com/After-Ice-Global-History-000-5000/dp/0674019997/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1273237031&sr=8-1-fkmr0.<br /><br />From the reviews it sounds like a quirky ("JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-55252163779116767742010-05-07T07:33:08.484-05:002010-05-07T07:33:08.484-05:00Hi All,
If you want some interesting insights on ...Hi All,<br /><br />If you want some interesting insights on early history. I recommend Steven Mitten's book "After the Ice". It concerns human culture from 20,000 years ago to present based upon archiological investigations around the world. It is slightly dated but well worth the effort. Not exactly a pape turner but very intersting. So what got us out of caves and messing Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487267519364183901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-29993649285609135342010-04-30T09:47:09.920-05:002010-04-30T09:47:09.920-05:00I'd add that it's probably simply extemely...I'd add that it's probably simply extemely hard to invent and establish things. We're used to a very large number of people, with a higher percentage spending their lives working on abstract data accumulation and knowledge generation. We have a lot of people tinkering with things that don't work, and not dying to it. <br /><br />With writing and distance travel (even traveling Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587346.post-88580436615691675132010-04-24T00:12:04.917-05:002010-04-24T00:12:04.917-05:00Currently on the road so I don't have the refe...Currently on the road so I don't have the reference to hand, but part of my on/off reading is a book titled "Deep History and the Brain", on much this subject (author escapes my memory); one point made early on is that, traditionally, the study of history predates Darwin's breakthrough and the entire idea of deep time. Consequently it's implicitly framed in terms of Bishop Charlie Strosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398809615976202716noreply@blogger.com