MINUTES of a MONDAY #108
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BRAIN FOOD: The New Narrative
“Today, hoping to be able to find a narrative allowing them to pick the aspects of the West they like - iPhones and London penthouses without progressive income tax and rule of law - a new elite has again begun trying to define themselves and their country as suits their convenience. Not always successfully and not at everyone else’s convenience, though: over time they came to question not so much their place in the world as the way that world was treating them.
This is at the heart of the process that led to the rise of Vladamir Putin, and his evolution from an essentially open-minded pragmatist to the nationalist war leader who annexed Crimea in 2014 and stirred up an undeclared conflict in south-eastern Ukraine. This has become a country in which reimagining history has become not just a national pastime but an industry. Exhibitions chart the lineages of modern policy back to the medieval era, as if in a single, unbroken evolution.”
Extract from the book ‘A Short History of Russia: How to Understand the World’s Most Complex Nation’ by
SOUL FOOD:
“Russia is a country with a certain future; it is only its past that is unpredicatable.”
Russian Proverb
LOL:
Michael Caine does it again:
APPENDIX:
“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
Joanna Maciejewska
A.O.B.
That’s it from #108 my friend. Thank you for stopping by.
Article #16 came out last Friday in case you missed it and you can catch it here.
Have a great week and see you next time - Niall