Inani Ludibrio

“My big unified theory of the internet is that the way we use the web is constantly being redefined by conflict and disaster.”

Ryan Broderick

As the public internet undergoes enshittification, I recommend getting a library card and reading books.

This advice is widely ignored: those who do not learn from history…get to infuriate those of us who did.

A few years ago, a fellow history nerd gifted me a copy of The Egyptians by Isaac Asimov.

The book literally changed my religion.

If you like or appreciate science fiction, then your tastes have been influenced by Asimov.

Asimov was a titan of science fiction literature.

Asimov believed in writing consistently and extensively, often spending entire days writing about various subjects, from the mundane to the profound.

Part of Asimov’s creative process to do the hard work of world-building futuristic civilizations was deep-diving into the common knowledge of humanity.

To imagine the science, technology, engineering, and mathematical capabilities used to predict 10,000 years of psychohistory, Asimov wrote deeply researched histories of civilizations.

I cracked open this copy of The Birth of the United States 1763-1816, just to discover there was an entire sections of Medieval and more Modern history books by Asimov I didn’t know existed.

In times of conflict and disaster, dead trees heal souls.