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Abandoned Footnotes
Personal blog · abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.comhistoryphilosophy
Abandoned Footnotes is a personal blog at abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com about history and philosophy. Since 2012, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Aztec Political Thought (2013)”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its history posts, such as one on Aztec politics that a commenter linked in a thread about the Aztecs and the good life. The comment only points to that post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stray thoughts, notes, and digressive ditties.
Most-linked posts?
- Aztec Political Thought (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-26
- Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins' Interaction Ritual Chains (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-07
- Aztec Political Thought (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-06
What Hacker News says?
You might enjoy this blog post: https://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/aztec-politi...
Comment linking /2013/11/aztec-political-thought.html
on “What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life (2016)”Submitted Aztec Political Thought (2013) as a story · 136 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Simple Model of Cults of Personality as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins' Interaction Ritual Chains (2013) as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aztec Political Thought (2013) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Short Quantitative History of Political Regimes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins’ Interaction Ritual Chains as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engines of Sacrality: A Footnote on Randall Collins’ Interaction Ritual Chains as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Saudi Monarchy as a Family Firm (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Francisco Franco, Robust Action, & the Power of Non-Commitment as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aztec Political Thought (libertarian theatre) as a story · 1 points
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