Max Rangeley

Founder of @ReboundTAG @Paywhatyouwant_.

On boards of @CobdenCentre and @LVMIEurope

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This is the speech I gave in the European Parliament on the coming economic collapse.
Central banks' policy of zero percent interest rates has created the largest bubble in human history. When it bursts it will be worse than 1929.
https://t.co/s8isfPTDSG

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In Vasari, when he discusses Botticelli, he completely misses out the influence of Neoplatonism of the kind absorbed and integrated by Marsilio Ficino and Cosimo de Medici (who sponsored the translations of classical literature, as I discussed in my talk on Saturday).

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On Easter Sunday in 1478, the Pazzi banking family, rivals to the Medici, tried to assassinate Lorenzo and Giovanni. In the cathedral, they stabbed Giovanni 19 times, killing him, but Lorenzo escaped.

They were later killed and hanged publicly from here in the Palazzo Vecchio.

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Yesterday I did my own Dante pilgrimage around Florence. We had seen some of the points on our group guided tour for this think tank conference, but I wanted to take more time with each of them, visit the museum, and sit with the statue of Dante.

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While at the New Direction event here in Florence, we were treated to a guided tour of the Gallerie dell'Accademia by a guide with impressive knowledge of the history of Western culture. 

I brought my copy of Vasari with me, here is how he writes about Michelangelo's David.

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AI expert at the Cobden Centre, @MaxRangeley intervened during the last panel of the Digital Renaissance Event in Florence.

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I've got a few days in Florence - tomorrow I'm giving a speech on whether artificial intelligence can bring about a new renaissance in Europe.

This afternoon I and some other speakers had a tour of this beautiful city!

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I gave this speech in Amsterdam on "The Smartphone: A Modern Miracle of Free Trade"

This speech was given at the Beurs van Berlage, which was built as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange more than a century ago.

https://t.co/OMmfYccLNT

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One of my favourite archetypes in the history of western art is the Archangel St Michael. Numerous writers have understood the psychological importance of this, as well as esoteric thinkers like Steiner.

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It was serendipitous that while I was in Reykjavik there was an exhibition going on at the National Gallery of Iceland on Donald Judd's trips there and friendships with Icelandic architects.

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The National Museum of Iceland tells the national story from the settlement of Iceland in 874 AD to the developments of the twentieth century.

I've always like the mythology of Odin - that he tied himself to the tree Yggdrasil for nine days to achieve spiritual knowledge.

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I've got a couple of days in the beautiful country of Iceland. Today I'm giving a talk on whether the West is in decline, and what can be done. I'll discuss historians' analyses of the rise and fall of previous civilisations, and the extent to which they apply to the modern West.

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The Rijksmuseum is one of my favourite museums in the world. As well as one of the best collections of Dutch masters, it also blends in furniture and other artistic artifacts often not included in art museums, as well as large models of ships etc.

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Yesterday I gave a talk in Amsterdam on how the smartphone is a modern miracle of free trade, with more than a thousand components from hundreds of companies.

I gave the talk in the Beurs van Berlage, which was built as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange more than a century ago.

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I arrived in Amsterdam - tomorrow I'm giving a speech on free trade and smartphone production. Then I'm flying to Iceland to give a speech on whether Western Civilisation is in decline, discussing theories of the rise and fall of civilisations.

But first things first...

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On Friday we saw Der Fliegende Holländer by the Welsh National Opera.
I asked AI platforms: "Provide an analysis of Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer from the depth psychology perspectives of 1) Carl Jung 2) Erich Neumann 3) Marie Louise von Franz."
They're getting better at this

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I recently gave this speech in Budapest, "Is the West in Civilisational Decline?" - in this speech I talk through different theories of the rise and fall of civilisations, and the extent to which they apply to the West's current predicament.
https://t.co/dG1nFeX6WI

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My new company, Max Rangeley & Partners, is getting focused on political and economic policy as well as helping startups.

This afternoon I'll be presenting with Lord Fairfax, with whom I recently finished a book on AI, to forty think tanks on how we can help develop AI policy.

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I recently gave this speech in Vienna, talking through Europe's lack of a robotics industry compared to the US and China, and the disastrous consequences of this in the event of a major conflict. I hope Europe can get its act together.

https://t.co/aFAKzGRZel

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Whilst I enjoy travelling, I'm always happy to return home to Devon - frequently voted the most beautiful and best place to live in Britain.

All these places are 20 mins walk from my house....natural swimming spots, restaurants, art galleries and parks overlooking the sea!

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Tirana is one of the most fun places I've given a lecture recently - excellent dinners, cool city and very friendly people.

We often receive gifts as guest lecturers at universities, think tanks etc, and the hand-painted Albanian plate is one of my favourite gifts so far!