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Human nature doesn’t upgrade

Human nature doesn’t upgrade

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Jan 22, 2025
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The sword of Damocles in an etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

The ancient world has a way of sneaking up on us.

We like to think we’ve outgrown it, with our algorithms and skyscrapers, but the Greeks and Romans understood something we still wrestle with: human nature doesn’t upgrade!

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