Re:Enlightenment

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[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Clifford Siskin's "The Advancement of Knowledge Now" examines Information: A Historical Companion and asks, "Why is a volume that offers so much of value so unattuned to issues of advancement?"

Read it here: https://t.co/SIzDms5qdo

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

@UofGVC @UofGlasgow Thanks for all that you've done to move Enlightenment forward!

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@AaronRHanlon No

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Happy Birthday David! @DavidDeutschOxf And thanks for our collaborations over the years, including https://t.co/WWotoEQyNg and https://t.co/3QRYrzdzMp

[Dorian K Bandy @DorianKBandy]

It's hard to believe that this moment has arrived...but my book on Mozart is now available for pre-order! @UChicagoPress

https://t.co/OCUfYvQ3EM

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@ShadiBartsch https://t.co/VnMl1m1dxA

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@SimonDuring For the use by date see: https://t.co/VnMl1m1Ln8

[MP @P14Murray]

Down to @WigtownBookFest today and looking forward to giving Magnusson Lecture tomorrow @YaleBooks

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

Congrats to David! https://t.co/RogarYFDhH

[MP @P14Murray]

A very nice copy for collectors- the saltire and muskets on the cover are of course historically accurate. For those just wanting the text, @OUPHistory are bringing out in paperback in July @theAliceRoberts @TanjaBueltmann @LandOfHistory @HistoryScotland @GreshamCollege

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

Just published--Ralph Cohen on history and genre

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https://t.co/7SRVlDrmhY

[David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf]

The world is indeed magic #smbc #hiveworks https://t.co/uUEnuNQk3b But not even remotely magic enough. Even the bare minimum—to eliminate physical suffering—is still a work in progress.

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

Deutsch’s honour formed part of the wider 2021 Institute of Physics awards, which recognize everyone from early-career scientists and teachers to technicians and subject specialists https://t.co/Vvb9214fxG

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

@ubookman @KirkCenter Gerald Russello helped us to launch The Re:Enlightenment Project in NYC in 2010 as a core member of our Financial Literacy Group. Lawyer, editor, knowledge worker. We will miss him.

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@quadrismegistus @johngstell The 3rd is a red herring that ducks the question of change. HUMANIST is not a form of knowledge work—no one trains for 10 years in it—and thus has no explanatory grip on the past, job in the present, or purchase on the future.

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

@quadrismegistus @johngstell ENGLISH/LITERATURE/HUMANIST are 3 different things. The first 2 are related. Hard work in the 1st has recovered the historically variable nature of the 2nd, posing the (de-) question of what we should be explaining now and how.

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

He was also a champion of open access--starting Open Book Publishers--and an early advocate of repatriating cultural property--driving the debate over the Elgin Marbles. And he did drive hard in all that he did--but was he was also a profoundly kind man. We will miss him.

[Re:Enlightenment @ReEnlight]

One of our founding members, William St Clair, has passed away. He was a knowledge worker like no other, breaking new ground in multiple fields (history of the book/Greece/slavery) during and after a distinguished career in government service in the UK.