Ruxandra Teslo 🧬
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Modern elites signal their virtue through "the grind": always productive, like workhorses, nowhere more visible than in the Bay Area's "996" startup schedule. But this wasn't always so: Victorian Britain's elite were more like showhorses.
They were comparatively leisurely, and
They were comparatively leisurely, and
Samuel Hughes@SCP_Hughes · Oct 7The elites of Victorian Britain got up late, drank ceaselessly, worked short hours, partied through the night, and knew nothing about science, technology or engineering. And yet, by their own lights, they were hugely effective.
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The Victorians are often
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The Victorians are often
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