by David Tollen | Nov 25, 2023 | The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age
If you’ve seen “Napoleon” or even a trailer for the movie, you may have noticed a Black officer in the army of White 18th century France. This wasn’t just an open-minded casting choice. The officer has no lines, but the credits list him...
by David Tollen | Sep 10, 2023 | Teacher-Specific, Writing About History
World History Encyclopedia has a great feature worth noting. Each article comes with an audio option. You can click “Listen to this article” at the top and just sit back and absorb. I point it out because many of us benefit from more “passive”...
by David Tollen | Aug 19, 2023 | The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics, Legal History
Republicans could win the White House in 2024, but not with Donald Trump. At least, not legally. Many constitutional scholars have made this point, most recently former federal appellate judge J. Michael Luttig and Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe,...
by David Tollen | Jul 29, 2023 | Ancient History, The Neolithic & Latter-Day Prehistory, Earliest Civilizations in Eurasia
This is the third of three posts on general purpose technologies and on what their history tells us about AI. Click here for the first post in the series and here for the second post. 3. The Ultimate General Purpose Technology: Farming Agriculture arose around 9500...
by David Tollen | Jul 5, 2023 | The Early Modern Age
This is the second of three posts on general purpose technologies (GPTs) – and on what their history tells us about artificial intelligence. Click here for the first post in the series. 2. The Printing Press: A Revolutionary General Purpose Technology German inventor...
