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AI makes the humanities more important, but also weirder
Historians are finally having their AI debate
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Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire. Also: AI in research and teaching. Click to read Res Obscura, by Benjamin Breen, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't