From 8a09a3efb981dd9c8a5e04f073aa0f4ab290b1db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed_ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:18:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 2069627740152553816 --- ...-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++ ...-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++ ...ting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++ ...also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++ .../index.md | 32 +++++++++++++++ archive/threads/VictorTaelin/index.md | 3 ++ 6 files changed, 183 insertions(+) create mode 100644 archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-UmidKD-this-is-a-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-diegoxfx1-la-invenci-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-geistgrail-interesting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-tstrause-they-also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic.md create mode 100644 archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/index.md diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-UmidKD-this-is-a-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-UmidKD-this-is-a-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e3f093 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-UmidKD-this-is-a-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "This is a good parallel to what is happening now when it comes to the frontier models." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/UmidKD/status/2069800171563606224" +author: "Umid KD" +handle: UmidKD +post_id: "2069800171563606224" +date: 2026-06-24 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - VictorTaelin +description: "This is a good parallel to what is happening now when it comes to the frontier models." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2069627740152553816" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/UmidKD/status/2069800171563606224 +- Author: Umid KD (@UmidKD) +- Posted: 2026-06-24 15:09:50 + +## Branch + +**1/** **@UmidKD** ^2069800171563606224 + +This is a good parallel to what is happening now when it comes to the frontier models. However when it comes to knowledge hoarding, the elites at some point realized that sharing the knowledge is beneficial for them as well and therefore education became mainstream. I would like to think that something similar is bound to happen here as well but there is a part of me that also doubts it. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among]] diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-diegoxfx1-la-invenci-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-diegoxfx1-la-invenci-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..985b32c --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-diegoxfx1-la-invenci-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@VictorTaelin La invención de la imprenta fue revolucionario en la edad media, porque quienes concentraban el poder tenían miedo de que los plebeyos pudieran acceder al conocimiento masificado" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/diegoxfx1/status/2069902203746177501" +author: "Diego Cifuentes" +handle: diegoxfx1 +post_id: "2069902203746177501" +date: 2026-06-24 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - VictorTaelin +description: "@VictorTaelin La invención de la imprenta fue revolucionario en la edad media, porque quienes concentraban el poder tenían miedo de que los plebeyos pudieran acceder al conocimiento masificado" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2069627740152553816" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/diegoxfx1/status/2069902203746177501 +- Author: Diego Cifuentes (@diegoxfx1) +- Posted: 2026-06-24 21:55:16 + +## Branch + +**1/** **@diegoxfx1** ^2069902203746177501 + +**@VictorTaelin** + +La invención de la imprenta fue revolucionario en la edad media, porque quienes concentraban el poder tenían miedo de que los plebeyos pudieran acceder al conocimiento masificado + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among]] diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-geistgrail-interesting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-geistgrail-interesting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa48cc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-geistgrail-interesting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "@VictorTaelin interesting how Islam is the one religion that encouraged mass literacy, and because of that it meant that religion was personal." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/geistgrail/status/2069821789103083772" +author: "Very Professional Irony Engineer" +handle: geistgrail +post_id: "2069821789103083772" +date: 2026-06-24 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - VictorTaelin +description: "@VictorTaelin interesting how Islam is the one religion that encouraged mass literacy, and because of that it meant that religion was personal." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2069627740152553816" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/geistgrail/status/2069821789103083772 +- Author: Very Professional Irony Engineer (@geistgrail) +- Posted: 2026-06-24 16:35:44 + +## Branch + +**1/** **@geistgrail** ^2069821789103083772 + +**@VictorTaelin** + +interesting how Islam is the one religion that encouraged mass literacy, and because of that it meant that religion was personal. you'd think it'd have fractured into more sects than it has. + +protestant Christianity later too but the idea of a hierarchical church persisted still + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among]] diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-tstrause-they-also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-tstrause-they-also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ddccf3 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-tstrause-they-also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@VictorTaelin They also believed writing was literal magic, translated as \"words of god,\" hieroglyphs didn’t just communicate, they manifested reality." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/tstrause/status/2069681134984741046" +author: "Tyler Strause-Tabares" +handle: tstrause +post_id: "2069681134984741046" +date: 2026-06-24 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - VictorTaelin +description: "@VictorTaelin They also believed writing was literal magic, translated as \"words of god,\" hieroglyphs didn’t just communicate, they manifested reality." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2069627740152553816" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/tstrause/status/2069681134984741046 +- Author: Tyler Strause-Tabares (@tstrause) +- Posted: 2026-06-24 07:16:50 + +## Branch + +**1/** **@tstrause** ^2069681134984741046 + +**@VictorTaelin** + +They also believed writing was literal magic, translated as "words of god," hieroglyphs didn’t just communicate, they manifested reality. Scribes were seen as magicians creating the universe through language. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among]] diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/index.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c20545 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +title: "In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/VictorTaelin/status/2069627740152553816" +author: "Taelin" +handle: VictorTaelin +post_id: "2069627740152553816" +date: 2026-06-24 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - VictorTaelin +description: "In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives." +in_reply_to: "" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/VictorTaelin/status/2069627740152553816 +- Author: Taelin (@VictorTaelin) +- Posted: 2026-06-24 03:44:39 + +## Thread + +**1/** **@VictorTaelin** ^2069627740152553816 + +In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives. + +Branches: [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-tstrause-they-also-believed-writing-was-literal-magic]], [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-UmidKD-this-is-a-good-parallel-to-what-is-happening-now]], [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-geistgrail-interesting-how-islam-is-the-one-religion-that]], [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among/2026-06-24-diegoxfx1-la-invenci-n-de-la-imprenta-fue-revolucionario-en]] diff --git a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/index.md b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/index.md index 008f3ff..26ca9e9 100644 --- a/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/index.md +++ b/archive/threads/VictorTaelin/index.md @@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ tags: - VictorTaelin --- +- [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-06-24-in-ancient-egypt-writing-was-concentrated-among]] - [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-07-04-sighs]] +- [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-07-17-read-this-and-your-next-model-will-be-10x-smarter]] +- [[archive/threads/VictorTaelin/2026-08-06-just-saving-my-last-conversation-with-fable-on]]