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Mary Beard

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One of my favorite episodes of Past Present Future with Mary Beard where she compares the unaccountable power of emperors of the past with today’s tech oligarchs.

https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/mary-beard-on-caesar%2C-augustus-%26-zuckerberg

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