I’m guessing these are written by an army of ghost writers. I did that for a while. I didn’t write any history books but the whole “this guy maybe wrote these” coupled with the haphazard bibliographies definitely has the “someone got paid $100 to slap together a history book with the sole criteria being don’t plagiarize too much” vibe.
Today’s “Learning Day” disturbed me. It scared me in an odd, unknowable way. Like ignorant Montag in the early chapters of Fahrenheit 451, I feel like I have been shown something that simultaneously cannot see nor look away from. I wish I were kidding. But the fact is: History can not be known. It can only be written or told. How will any of us stay afloat on this sea of bullshit? Sorry… Captivating Bullshit.
Reminds me, I haven’t read a history book in a while. I should get on that. One by an actual human though. I feel that omits pundits as well as LLMs.
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I’m guessing these are written by an army of ghost writers. I did that for a while. I didn’t write any history books but the whole “this guy maybe wrote these” coupled with the haphazard bibliographies definitely has the “someone got paid $100 to slap together a history book with the sole criteria being don’t plagiarize too much” vibe.
Today’s “Learning Day” disturbed me. It scared me in an odd, unknowable way. Like ignorant Montag in the early chapters of Fahrenheit 451, I feel like I have been shown something that simultaneously cannot see nor look away from. I wish I were kidding. But the fact is: History can not be known. It can only be written or told. How will any of us stay afloat on this sea of bullshit? Sorry… Captivating Bullshit.
Reminds me, I haven’t read a history book in a while. I should get on that. One by an actual human though. I feel that omits pundits as well as LLMs.