Individual experience is really not that distinctive when talking about being socialised into implicit beliefs. Eg. Which pre/non-christian cultures even have a sacred-secular divide?

I've tried that logic on the atheists I know. "You grew up Christian"; your whole worldview is Christian. Switching off God does nothing and atheism adds nothing. Didn't go down well.

2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.

She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

Well, people have always loved to hear about royal families doing royal things and buying merch saying "Keep Calm and Carry On"

The professor who's exploring Christendom from a historical materialist lens.

Tim is on Bluesky - so no need to troll his emails. I have no doubt he do post a proper critique of the book at some point

@timoneill.bsky.social

Thony Christie rightfully skewered it. And there's a lot more to be said.
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@kkjetelina.bsky.social Does your research apply here?

Why the predictable rehash of the old conflict thesis, though? Is it such a niche concern that even historians let it pass?

Thank you. I've been trawling social media to find just one person who picked this up. I mean, I support the rhetorical goals here, but the "history" barely rises above popular tropes.

Historians of science would like a word with the historians cited in this piece... The conflict thesis? Really?