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Martin Gurri
@mgurri
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Vienna VA
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    Martin Gurri
    @mgurri
    9h
    Yes
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    Mark W.
    @DurhamWASP
    Aug 9
    “At this point I reveal myself in my true colours, as a stick-in-the-mud. I hold a number of beliefs that have been repudiated by the liveliest intellects of our time...” Kenneth Clark, Civilisation
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    Martin Gurri
    @mgurri
    Aug 10
    I have actually said this very same thing. War of the worlds…
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    Clint Warren-Davey
    @Clint_Davey1
    Aug 9
    The Spanish Conquest of Mexico is probably the closest that real history gets to science fiction or fantasy. For the Spaniards it was like landing on another planet. Everything was different - the colours, the smells, the plants, the animals. The culture they encountered was so
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    Martin Gurri
    @mgurri
    Aug 7
    True
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    Walter Russell Mead
    @wrmead
    Aug 7
    The rise and fall of ex-Cambridge prof Jason Arday should remind us all that elite failure is the leading cause of populist skepticism and rage. Neglectful of duty, intellectually befuddled, narcissistic: the academy is losing the trust it has abused.