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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Elo 21 February 2016 09:14PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 February 2016 06:35:52PM 6 points [-]

Behold and despair.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 24 February 2016 09:12:11PM *  1 point [-]

It holds before us a mirror or 'progression' of civilization.

ADDED: A friend mentioned that todays predominance of sports (and actors before that) is more an indication of contemporary interests that will be forgotten before long. Probably the athens also had sport stars at their time that were talked about a lot.