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Hero Cult Advocacy |
CEO @ClassicalSoc - Building the ancient future |
Cost of Glory podcast |
Princeton PhD

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Alex Petkas @costofglory Jul 8

The Odyssey is too good to leave to Hollywood.

So I decided to retell it on Cost of Glory.

Part 1 (of 6): Society on the Brink

Let me know what you think.

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Alex Petkas @costofglory 1d

It took me a long time to realize the key lesson of the Trojan Horse. It's not that it took bravery, that if they failed, they would all die (they would). It's much worse than that. If they failed, nobody would say "good effort" "heroic" "tragic" "iconic". No, everyone would say "what a bunch of stupid f*cking weirdos!! Hahaha, losers. Thought you were tricky? Hide in a wooden horse? WTF??? Serves you right". And that's a fear that holds a lot more people back from greatness than the fear of death.

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after reviewing 10,000+ Thiel Fellowship applications, Michael and Danielle developed some pretty unusual ideas about what makes a great founder.

edge control. hyperfluency. the toilet plunger. Danielle's "Friday Night Dyson sphere."

none of these are a personality test.

we're just looking for tricky bastards who always find a way.

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Alex Petkas @costofglory 2d

Light it up!

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Hamilton Society is pleased to announce Debate XV next Sat., 11/14: "Resolved, That Capitalism Suffocates Human Flourishing."

Moved by Marc Barnes and Alex Denley; opposed by Yaron Brook and Nikos Sotirakopoulos.

Dress code is strictly formal: suit and tie for men, equivalent for ladies. Doors open at 7:00pm, debate begins at 8:00pm. Drinks served throughout the night. All tickets will be checked at the door.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

-The Hamilton Society

Register here: luma.com/capitalism
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Alex Petkas @costofglory 6d

In Athens, birthplace of Democracy, whenever they had an important assembly vote, state workers would go to the market place with a big rope dripping with red paint. They would slowly sweep through the plaza and herd people up to the assembly point, on the Pnyx hill. Any citizen who got red paint on them was fined for dereliction of his democratic duty.

What a terrible idea.

Go vote if you're a patriot, though.

Alex Petkas @costofglory Oct 15

This looks... grand

Old Sovereign Publishing Verified account @OldSovPub Oct 15

“Arma virumque cano/Arms, and the man I sing”

This is the opening line of the greatest poem in the history of Western culture.

It isn’t the Iliad or the Odyssey. It’s the work that Virgil, the man that Dante chose to guide him through the Inferno, created to trumpet the Augustan age.

OSP now bring you a beautiful, hand bound edition. Covered in leather from our tannery in West Lothian and covered in custom made hand-marbled paper from a traditional marbler in Wiltshire. This is the definitive edition of this classic of European literature.

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