Holiday weekend means we're getting extra crazy tonight. I'm reading Tulipmania by Anne Goldgar and I'm finally gonna learn the true tale of one of the most famous speculative bubbles. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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The first thing I'm learning is that the Netherlands have a "Haarlem" and lol that's reminding me who colonized New York
sep 1, 2025, 1:13 am • 25 0 • view
and Delaware* (well, tried to; first attempt went spectacularly badly for them down in Lewes)
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I forgot that! This is what happens when you're from the real first state. Spend so much time learning about your history you ignore the rest.
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Bed Stuy! Nassau county! It goes on! :)
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I’m reading this beast (audio is 37 hours!) right now and I just learned that!
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Oh wow, you're a champ. That's a long read.
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It's a good listen while I garden. Historical fiction seems to be the only way I can learn history!
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Technically, the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam (and created the wall that gave name to Wall Street).
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If you'd like to overthink it and know what happened after they gave up on the project and traded it for Suriname...well, it certainly didn't get better but I'm happy to help point you to more resources on what happened next.
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Very glad for it finally being translated.
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One of the most famous speculative bubbles. For now. I’m sure we can screw up things more and bigger
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Oh! Thats a great book! And timely… at least with the Tulip bubble people still had pretty flowers after it was all done. After the AI bubble collapses we’ll be saddled with a lot of polluting data centers.
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I've always meant to read more about it and present events made now feel like a great time
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C’mon, Dom. You’re putting me to shame.
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I played baby shower games for a friend this weekend. I gotta balance things out.
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Like how I'm following up The Poppy War with Auerbach's Mimesis. Life is all about give and take.
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Good thing humanity learned our lesson.
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Its what all the cosmopolitan couples are doing this year!
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I was born to hang out in salons discussing *culture*
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