I’m in New York City until Thursday. Might do some meet-ups… Email or DM me.
Finally finished my Iran sequence…
- Iran through the ages: civilization’s eternal crossroads,
Pre-Persian Iran: from the invention of agriculture to the Aryan onslaught- We are all Zoroastrians: how Persian empires of the mind touched all humanity
- One door closes, another opens: the Persian Empire’s end and the rise of the Persianate world
Been listening to audiobooks, The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance and The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny. The former is a narrative that’s really focused on the biographies of the great Medici so it’s great for listening when you’re running or whatever, and the latter so far has focused on personalities.
I’ve lost four family members to pancreatic cancer, so the newly announced treatment for it is very welcome. https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-one-two-punch-against-pancreatic