https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/world/einstein-travel-diaries.html
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disappointing to read. all our heroes are human too
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 June 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
man born in 1879 in ‘problematic attitudes to race’ shockerthere’s also every chance that his views on race might have changed between 1922 when the diaries were written and the more sympathetic quotes from him in the 50s also mentioned in the article
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
I totally agree on both counts, but the disappointment is still real
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 June 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
yeah i feel u
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 June 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
Can't wait to find out what yardstick people will use 150 years from now to declare me a monster (as I'm exceedingly familiar with the yardstick currently used by my peers).
― Gladys McFlatus (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 June 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link