Thanks to Will Martindale for gifting me this book, a thoroughly illuminating history of the conflicts in the middle east over the last 120 years. With all that is going on between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and all the other myriad players in this complex region and globally this book helps give tremendous context … Continue reading The making of the modern middle east by Jeremy Bowen
This is based on my reading of Dominion by Tom Holland, who gives a detailed narrative the history of the development of Christianity and its influence on global thinking over two millennia. In the words of Jewish scholar Boyarin, Christianity emerges from the Roman Empire as ‘the most powerful of hegemonic cultural system in the … Continue reading A brief history of Christianity (1 of 4)
The fun bit is there are many ways to learn. Books, podcasts, videos, lectures, demonstrations, and doing it yourself. I have learnt that the optimal approach to learning is different for different people. Personally I find my self quite visual and auditory, if I can visualise a problem or listen to an explanation I can … Continue reading How do we learn? How should we learn?
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