Peter Gabriel

Finishing graduate school. Love early to late Roman Republican history.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@MrsDrPublius Saul was never an apostle, he never met Jesus while he was alive, and the only source for Saul's spiritual meeting with Christ is Saul, himself. Suspicious.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@ericweinstein Buy my friends and family all the stuff they want.

[Zarathustra @zarathustra5150]

@signulll "When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard 'having children' as a question of pros and cons, the great turning-point has come. For Nature knows nothing of pro and con.”

—Spengler

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@dr_appie One of those people narrowly dodged a bullet to the head in an assassination attempt while the other has journalists assassinated, opposition groups banned, and young men abducted off the streets and conscripted.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@cremieuxrecueil A PhD ain't what it used to be.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@robkhenderson Very much deserved, congratulations!

[Eric Weinstein @ericweinstein]

Said differently, assume that society may have previously used religion and/or nature to create a coordinated sense of “ought”, “must” and “mustn’t”.

In the absence of both, there is no coordinating source. And we may need one or the other to coordinate a needed sense of obligation.

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

Lots of people were in the right place at the right time but failed because they were the wrong person.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@robkhenderson Reminded me of this quote: "Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead." -Rick Owens

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"Elites live in a high-IQ, low-impulsiveness Bubble.  When they introspect, they correctly conclude that the welfare state has little effect on their behavior.  They then incorrectly infer that the welfare state has little effect on anyone‘s behavior." https://t.co/AfjBl5R1Cc

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"Democracy is the only acceptable political system..When applied anywhere else, it is death—truth is not democratic, intelligence and talent are not democratic..education must be ruthlessly aristocratic and high-brow, shamelessly geared towards excellence" https://t.co/F8fRzs8gvW

[Simon Willison @simonw]

"Do stuff and then blog about it" remains one of the most underrated pieces of career advice

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

When I was here at Yale 2 weeks ago there was an overcast and rain; campus was calm. The sun comes out, and college students gather for some behavioral displays, a bit of peacocking. As the temperature rises, makeshift mating grounds suddenly appear.

[Peter Gabriel @pgabe1993]

@robkhenderson +1 for the "Man Flu" hypothesis!

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"our extremely new secular societies may be losing something important as we abandon public and communally marked rites of passage. A human child doesn't morph into a culturally functional adult solely through biological maturation." https://t.co/VjF4V6EJFW

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"Physical play...is the healthiest...Play with some degree of physical risk is essential because it teaches children how to look after themselves and each other. Children can only learn how to not get hurt in situations where it's possible to get hurt." https://t.co/PuIDxUuwZp

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

2 ways to obtain social status:

Dominance: associated with narcissism, aggression, and disagreeableness

Prestige: associated with high self-esteem, social acceptance, and conscientiousness.

Both associated with agency (competence, assertiveness) https://t.co/DTrwxZNLPK

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"On average, the Big Five test was about twice as accurate as the MBTI-style test for predicting life outcomes, placing the usefulness of the MBTI-style test halfway between science and astrology—literally." https://t.co/fOzV3CGdpu

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

One reason I got frozen out of the bookstore promo circuit is because I write stuff like this: https://t.co/iGbY0rbREU