David Defries
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David Defries
@ddefries.bsky.social
Early medievalist studying collective memory, hagiography and Flanders. Working on a collaboration to look at early medieval Flanders from a global perspective.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Having heard Varoufakis in interviews since he was Syriza's finance minister, I would say he knows this. He seems to be trying to capture the sense of what it means for this version of rentier capitalism to be so dominant via digital tech. It does bother me that he uses feudalism this way.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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There is a whole series of Italian fakes from this period, and I would very much place this coin alongside them with a large question mark!
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As others have noted, it's also why AI isn't a labor-saving device in education.
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM