402 Stories To Learn About History

by Learn RepoSeptember 27th, 2023

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Learn everything you need to know about History via these 402 free HackerNoon stories.

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Let's learn about History via these 402 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain

1. Blanket Statements Do Not Help Define NFTs

Most people (bloggers and journalists included) don’t have the time or the dedication to dive deep into it or really think deeply about blockchain.

2. Evolution of Python Programming

Python was originally conceptualized by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s as a member of the National Research Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. Initially, it was designed as a response to the ABC programming language that was also foregrounded in the Netherlands. Among the main features of Python compared to the ABC language was that Python had exception handling and was targeted for the Amoeba operating system (go Python!).

3. Are We Ever Going to Solve Cyber Security?

Cyber security, as an industry, has recorded exponential growth, especially within the last two decades. It grew along with the Internet and evolved from a simple buzzword to a real technological risk that can put you out of business rather quickly. Within the last years cyber security seized media’s attention and reached on top of most CEO’s agendas.

4. A Brief History in Authentication

Photo Credits: Edward Tin

5. 2018 Crypto Bear Market and What We Can Learn From It

At the end of 2018, I was analyzing the reasons for the bear market in cryptocurrency. It is interesting to look back and check if something has changed. Potentially it could let us predict future movement and development.

6. Taking Away The Metaverse from Mark Zuckerberg: Billionaire Brothers Strike Back

Mark Zuckerberg and brothers Winklevoss are fighting for their vision of Web3.0 - or is it just the next stage of old rivalry?

7. Colonial Roots in The Modern Education System

The modern western education system came about in the sixteenth century when Christian medieval broke apart and the Americas were discovered. It came about as an institution and formed a European identity. As such it is these values and cultural appropriation that prevails in the modern western education system to date.

8. How P2P Networks Inspired Blockchain

Blockchain is stirring a technological revolution that could forever change how we conduct our affairs online. Many expect it to disrupt practically all industries, providing a platform that is secure enough to foster trust and confidence even without a controlling authority to oversee the system.

9. The Sims 3 Vs. The Sims 4: Which Game Is Better

The Sims franchise has been around us for quite some time. Maxis and EA provided the fans with 4 amazing titles for every new game engine. From customization to open world to loading screens and functional cars, we've seen a lot of features in the Sims franchise.

10. The Three Types of Science

Science may be divided into three sorts. All that can fall within the compass of human understanding,

11. A History Of The Fat Liberation Movement Via The Lens of Social Media

Fat Liberation is a social justice movement focused on making social policy and practice more inclusive and equitable for fat people.

12. The Power Of HTML And CSS Evolution

The HTML evolution from HTML 2 to HTML 5 has seen an enormous shift of things which has empowered web developers in tremendous ways. Committed web engineers that have been in this space long enough will tell you that these changes have made web development much easier. A release of an HTML version means a better and easier way of doing things and for those that have not been writing HTML some time, catching up with the rest without taking a course is next to impossible. With HTML 2 that was launched in 1995 all the styling and how the page looked was a responsibility of HTML.

13. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN

Mentally and physically they were upon a different line from the human line.

14. After 20 Years Of Web Development, I Am Ready For Disruption

I have been working in web technology for more than 20 years. I spent the first five years of my career as a full-stack developer. Back then, we used the term webmaster. I would set up servers (which included e-mail and FTP), order domain names, create databases and order SSL certificates. I would code the backend and the frontend, plus open up Photoshop to do a little bit of design and UX from time to time. I was the scrum master and the business analyst plus I would support customers and project manage their websites. These tasks and job titles were all just part of being a webmaster. You crafted the web by yourself, and it lived in a box in the room next door, occasionally you would have to go in and check on it, maybe even restart it.

Later in my career, I saw an opportunity to specialise. Living and working in London, I saw the increasing need for the expert. Recruiters started to ring me, asking about specialist job titles. I very much enjoyed the visual element of working in the browser and JavaScript was growing in power and clearly here to stay.

15. The Two Primary Reasons Why Python's Popularity Keeps Growing

Python, a programming language that has long been hailed as being both capable and easy to learn & understand the code, it is available to both Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X & other platform users who can now download an official Python package from the Python Software Foundation page. Python comes preinstalled on most Linux distributions like Ubuntu releases, but in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems we need to install & configure explicitly.

16. THE EARLY VOYAGES

“pendants and streams of purple and diverse other glorious colours, and flags of scarlet colour and silk.”

17. COVID-19, Humanity 2.0, and The New Normal

Every time we let individuals decide what we should all be doing collectively, historical moments emerge and they can't be erased from our memory. In recent history, the death of one man resulted in the deaths of millions in 1914.

18. History's Notes on Resisting Progress: From Airplanes & The Printing Press to Bitcoin

Learn why the resistance we're seeing against Bitcoin today is nothing new. The same thing happened with refrigerators, airplanes, and tractors.

19. The Great Comeback Of HTML Widgets

Do you remind those web widgets all websites have been using in the 90s? Guess what, they're coming back.

20. The Future of Eyewear Tech [Infographic]

Glasses are among one of the most popular needs of Americans with 184 million owning a pair. That’s roughly 64% of our nation’s population. The need for glasses range from far- and nearsightedness to astigmatism. Eyewear tech received subtle, yet dramatic changes between the 18th and 21st centuries, but there has always been room to grow. While eyeglasses are such an old technology at this point we rarely think of them as technology, credit for the advancements that have been made in recent decades is wholly owed to the scientific community. The future of eyewear is now completely in the hands of technology, and there are some exciting advancements coming down the line.

21. The Noonification: Monsters of Mars (9/24/2022)

9/24/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

22. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter VI.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

23. Follow the Laws of Trade

The underlying, essential element of success in business affairs is to follow the established laws of high-class dealing.

24. Learn About the History of Tesla

Jon Erlichman goes over the history of Tesla.

25. The Limitations of the Rich

The novelty of being able to purchase anything one wants soon passes, because what people most seek cannot be bought with money.

26. THE FIRST TRUE MEN

These first real human beings we know of in Europe appear already to have belonged to one or other of at least two very distinct races.

27. Putting Historical Dates in Perspective: 8 Surprising Facts

Trung Phan goes over 8 history facts.

28. The Cultural Impact of Lightsabers: How Star Wars Changed the World of Sci-Fi Weapons

Neopixel lightsabers are quickly becoming the new standard for lightsaber enthusiasts.

29. The 90s Were a Crazy Time

Celso Martinho explains why the 90s were a crazy time.

30. The Opportunity When Reading Science Fiction or Historical Narratives

Some kinds of reading - such as science fiction - can allow us to reflect on who we are as we develop empathy for the characters.

31. Richard Hakluyt and his narratives of English

Americans may well claim the pride of inheritance in these brave annals of adventure on untried seas and to unknown lands.

32. The Difficult Art of Giving

I am sure it is a mistake to assume that the possession of money in great abundance necessarily brings happiness.

33. The Economic Consequences of the Peace - Table of Links

The Economic Consequences of the Peace, by John Maynard Keynes is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. The table of Links for this book can be found here.

34. The Reason for Conditional Gifts

It is highly important that every charitable institution shall have at all times the largest possible number of current contributors.

35. INTEREST AT 10 PER CENT

These experiences with my father remind me that in the early days there was often much discussion as to what should be paid for the use of money.

36. Bitcoin, The Anti-Violent Digital Establishment

Learn why Bitcoin might carve out it's place within the digital monetary establishment, 100% peacefully and voluntarily.

37. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter V.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter V: by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

38. Disinterested Service the Road to Success

The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.

39. What Froude says of history is true also of astronomy

What Froude says of history is true also of astronomy: it is the most impressive where it transcends explanation.

40. Heritage Brands Must Become Digital or Risk Extinction

For heritage brands undergoing a transformation for the next generation, the key to realising a new future is in leveraging tech much beyond "digital fronts".

41. Why Linux-Based Brands Are So Desirable

I'll start off by dating myself... it was the year 2000. I was in college and the brand new Mini Disk MP3 player had just come out. Superior audio to CD's and the ability to hold hundreds of songs on 1 little disk. Being a broke college kid, it took me about 6 months to make the purchase. Just when I got used to looking cool with my MD player, a wild flash of cool came across the analog airways via a commercial from a company that was only recently regaining its cool with a crappy multicolor desktop PC called the iMac. Of course, I'm talking about Apple. The product was the iPod. I was defeated and nearly threw away my MD player on the spot.

42. A NIMBLE BORROWER

I rounded up all of our banks in the city, and made a second journey to get the money, and kept going until I secured the necessary amount.

43. The Culture War That Will Define Our Collective And Individual Identities

The United States is not in a political war despite the true fight manifesting itself in the domain of politics. America is instead in a much larger and significant culture war. This issue is so multifaceted and stems back so long it can’t be attributed to any one thing.

44. THE FIRST LOAN

"All right, Mr. Rockefeller, you can have it," he replied. "Just give me your own warehouse receipts; they're good enough for me."

45. The Generosity of Service

Probably the most generous people in the world are the very poor, who assume each other's burdens in the crises which come so often to the hard pressed.

46. The INTRODUCTION

The Greek Antiquities are full of Poetical Fictions, because the Greeks wrote nothing in Prose, before the Conquest of Asia by Cyrus the Persian.

47. THE JOY OF ACHIEVEMENT

The part played by one of my earliest partners, Mr. H.M. Flagler, was always an inspiration to me.

48. What is Coming? by H. G. Wells - Table of Links

What is Coming? by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. Read this book online for free on HackerNoon!

49. Alan Turing is Now Deservedly on the United Kingdom’s £50 Banknote

Delighted to hear the Bank of England announce that mathematician, war hero and computer science pioneer Alan Turing will be pictured on a new £50 banknote.

50. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE

The century and a half that followed the defeat of Persia was one of very great splendour for the Greek civilization.

51. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS

These Nordic people were destined to play a very important part indeed in the world’s history.

52. Institutions as they Relate to Each Other

A number of enthusiastic people had a plan for founding an orphan asylum which was to be conducted by one of our strongest religious denominations.

53. Some Experiences in the Oil Business

"I'll go no higher, John; the business is yours."

54. About History and Irony of Logging (in)

The story of event logging begins at sea and is related to navigation. One of the important aspects of navigation is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning" target="_blank">dead reckoning</a>: estimating your current position based on course, speed and time from a known, observed point. In the end of 15th century, speed at sea was measured with a small wooden log. A so-called ‘Dutchman’s Log’ was dropped overboard from the bow of the ship and the navigator measured the time elapsing before it passed the stern.

55. The Ultimate Takeaway From The Rise of Blockchains is The Importance of Incentivization

What is the significance of blockchain technology in the future, why can Bitcoin be hyped for over ten years and still have such strong vitality? It is impossible to know what the future world will look like without studying these issues in depth.

56. Bitcoin and the History of Thermodynamics

Learn what the history of the field of thermodynamics can teach us about the technological adoption battles we're facing today - especially in Bitcoin.

57. A Normal Growth

Dock property was secured at low prices and made valuable by buildings and development.

58. Enron, Scandal, and Spam Emails: The Fall of "America's Most Innovative Company"

The Enron scandal not only had a huge impact on corporate America, it also provided one of the most useful tools in the fight against spam and phishing.

59. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XII.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XII: OF COMPLEX IDEAS, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

60. The Salvaging of Civilization by H. G. Wells - Table of Links

The Salvaging of Civilization by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. Read this book online for free on HackerNoon!

61. The Best Philanthropy

No mere money-giving is comparable to this in its lasting and beneficial results.

62. The Start of the Standard Oil Company

It has placed its manufactories at the points where they could supply markets at the least expense.

63. The Creation Of Humanity According To Sumerian Tablets

I think it was about 6 months ago. While researching a topic on the internet, I found myself by chance watching a youtube video about Sumerian tablets. After watching the video series breathlessly for about 3 hours, I dived into more detailed articles ... It was so interesting that I was even trying to solve the cuneiform script at a time. I would like to talk about the Sumerian Tablets that I saw and read on the internet about six months ago by chance ...It consists of a total of 14 tablets. Especially the 6th and 7th narratives are very interesting ... These are the chapters where the creation of human beings are told.

64. What's the Big Deal with Technology Transfer?

The year was 1900, and Japan is as developed as the West at the expense of the West. This is what technology transfer does, and why it's risky.

65. THE WORLD IN TIME

At last a condition of things must have been attained in which a man might have stood up on earth and looked about him and lived.

66. Understanding Our Existence

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Booby John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

67. THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES

Cnossos was not so much a town as a great palace for the Cretan monarch and his people.

68. THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE

About 200 centuries ago or earlier, real men of our own species, if not of our own race, came drifting into the European area.

69. The Evolution of Thin Client Computing: From Mainframes to Zero Clients

Introduction to Thin Client Computing: The Benefits of Centralized IT Management

70. What Era of History Should Assassin's Creed Tackle Next?

The Hacker Noon Community discusses the era of history we want the Assassins creed franchise to visit next and the perfect entry point.

71. A List of Assassin’s Creed Games in Chronological Order

Assassin’s Creed is arguably one of the best gaming franchises of all time.

72. THE BENEVOLENT TRUST-THE VALUE OF THE COOPERATIVE IN GIVING

Many benefactors of education are availing themselves of these disinterested inquiries, and it is hoped that more will do so.

73. How to Lose Your Legitimacy

Like feudalism and divine right monarchy before it, the creator economy (at least, in its current, highly centralized form) is experiencing a legitimacy crisis.

74. STICKING TO BUSINESS PRINCIPLES

"My son, I find I have got to have that money."

75. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA

We are entering now upon a thousand years of warfare between the once quite separated civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Nile.

76. The Management of Capital

In the early days the risks of the business were great, and if the stock had been dealt in on the Exchange its fluctuations would no doubt have been violent.

77. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1930: Vol. II, No. 3 - Murder Madness

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1930, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here: [LINK TO TABLE OF LINK]. Vol. II, No. 3: Murder Madness

78. The Ore Mines

We had great faith in these mines, but to work them the railroad was necessary.

79. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST

In Asia the Roman frontiers were crumpling back under the push of a renascent Persia.

80. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN

Now the past history of the Primates is one very difficult to decipher in the geological record.

81. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE

The earliest rocks in the record are called by geologists the Azoic rocks, because they show no traces of life.

82. A Vision for a Better Future: The Personal Platform

Hi, I'm Mark Nadal and I create useful tools that I give away for free. To a lot of people, 8M+ people have used my technology as a result of it becoming an invisible yet critical layer of infrastructure. But it is not the digital roads and bridges that I have built that I want to talk to you about, it is how and why we use them.

83. How the Ancient Egyptians Built the Original Skyscrapers with Data

I originally published this story for the Atlan Humans of Data publication.

84. Employing a Competitor

In giving such an order he was exposed, of course, to the risk of paying very high prices.

85. VENTURES IN THE CABOTS’ TRACK

With the failure of this enterprise Cabot again left England and reëntered the service of Spain, taking the post of “pilot major.”

86. The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated: Chapter 20 - The Cemetery of the Château d’If

The Count of Monte Cristo, Volume One, Chapter 20: The Cemetery of the Château d’If by Alexandre Dumas, père is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

87. How Humanity’s Need to Be Certain Is Holding Us Back from Evolving Our Society

As I get older, something that becomes abundantly clear is that no one has any clue what the hell is going on.

88. Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended by Isaac Newton - Table of Links

Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended by Isaac Newton, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. Read this book online for free on HackerNoon!

89. The Difficult Art of Getting

Naturally, people of modest means lead a closer family life than those who have plenty of servants to do everything for them.

90. Nursing the Commercially Ill

Before these matters were entirely closed up we had a vast amount of experience in the doctoring of the commercially ill.

91. Commerce Advertising in Ukraine: How the Ads Industry Has Changed in 30 Years

The Ukrainian advertising market has been affected by different events for over 30 years. I show cool and stupid Ukrainian ads examples throughout its history

92. THE AGE OF MAMMALS

As the Cainozoic period unrolled, the resemblance of its flora and fauna to the plants and animals that inhabit the world to-day increased.

93. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter II.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I, Book II, Chapter II: OF SIMPLE IDEAS. by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

94. A Concise History of Bitcoin From 1983 to 2015

The history of cryptocurrency started years before the Bitcoin launch. But Bitcoin remains the major cryptocurrency until now. The main points in Bitcoin histor

95. HackerNoon 2.0: The Future of Media Publications

There are some interesting ideas out there.

96. Facts You Probably Didn't Know About The Dark Web

The dark web refers to encrypted online content that is not indexed by conventional search engines. Sometimes, the dark web is also called the dark net.

97. The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery by Richard Hakluyt - Table of Link

The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery by Richard Hakluyt, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series.

98. SQL's 50 Year Reign: Here's Why SQL Is Still Relevant Today

Dive into the detailed history of SQL's rise and reign over the past 50 years. They remained relevant by listening and adapting to the market.

99. Employing a Competitor

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series . The table of Links for this book can be found here: https://app.hackernoon.com/drafts/QwqpcTSlaMdIeuvLVOyy

100. Healing From Verbal Abuse

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

101. Cryptocurrencies Promote Secure Decentralization or Support Cyber Piracy: the Truth

The odd symbiosis between hacking syndicates and cryptocurrency, and how they're powering each other's rise.

102. It is Not Always Possible to Remember Just How One First Met an old Friend

Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series . The table of Links for this book can be found here: [https://app.hackernoon.com/drafts/QwqpcTSlaMdIeuvLVOyy] (https://app.hackernoon.com/drafts/QwqpcTSlaMdIeuvLVOyy*)

103. Faith and Reason

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book IV, Chapter XVIII, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

104. Perverse Incentives: A Story About Rats, Nails, and Atrocities

Errors and atrocities happen when hunting for incentives, and humans manipulate the rules, ravaging natural, moral, or cultural ecosystems.

105. Does God Exist?

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book IV, Chapter X, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

106. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter VIII.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I, Book II, Chapter VIII: by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

107. From Copy and Paste to AI Text Generator: A Revolution of the Digital Age

A Historical approach of digital revolution

108. THE AGE OF FISHES

This question of Organic Evolution, like the question of the age of the earth, has in the past been the subject of much bitter controversy.

109. JavaScript Vs. Java: Differences, Similarities and History of Creation

By @wagslane (twitter)

110. Can People Reclaim Their Culture and Heritage With NFTs?

Technology and cultural heritage can present a somewhat awkward partnership.

111. Why Bitcoin Preserves Our Ability to Save

Learn the inherent properties of why Bitcoin is a savings technology, not another speculative investment.

112. "We Are Rich Because We Are Free." - How Society Creates Entrepreneurs

An economic perspective on how society allows a social contract to build entrepreneurs.

113. Selling to the Steel Company

The work went on uninterruptedly and prosperously until the formation of the United States Steel Corporation.

114. Roman Catholic Charities

It is unnecessary to dwell upon the centuries of experience which the Church of Rome has gone through to perfect a great power of organization.

115. Keyboard Layouts and Their Place in the Web

How come QWERTY became the most popular keyboard, despite the fact that it might be not the most comfortable to use?

116. Exploring Ancient Egypt with Egyptologist Chris Naunton

In this Slogging AMA, the team at Hackernoon talks to Egyptologist Chris Naunton. Chris is an authority in the study of Ancient Egypt and is one of the leading

117. THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES

Priests are not very much in evidence, but there is a sort of medicine man who deals in spells and prophecy.

118. Words Hurt

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II Book III, Chapter X: OF THE ABUSE OF WORDS, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

119. The Economic Consequences of the Peace: Chapter I - Introductory

The Economic Consequences of the Peace, Chapter I: Introductory by John Maynard Keynes is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

120. A Landsman for Ship Manager

The great ships and the railroad put us in possession of the most favourable facilities.

121. Oil Pipe-lines vs. Railroads

"I am opposed on principle to the whole system of rebates and drawbacks—unless I am in it."

122. Truth And Knowledge

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book IV, Chapter VI, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

123. THE PLEASURES OF ROAD PLANNING

Of all the profitable things which develop quickly under the hand, I have thought my young nurseries show the greatest yield.

124. Why AI Will Bring an Explosion of New Jobs

AI terrifies a lot of people.

125. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book III, Chapter I.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book III, Chapter I, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

126. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS

Plants no doubt preceded animal forms in this invasion of the land, but the animals probably followed up the plant emigration very closely.

127. The Appeals that Come

"I don't give to such and such a board, because I have read that of the money given only half or less actually gets to the person needing help."

128. RAISING CHURCH FUNDS

The begging experiences I had at that time were full of interest.

129. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT

The sources to which scientific men have gone in their attempts to reconstruct that primitive mentality are very various.

130. The Intricacies Of Knowledge

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book IV, Chapter XIII, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

131. Dr. William R. Harper

He raised millions of dollars among the people of Chicago and the Middle West, and won the personal interest of their leading citizens

132. The Claim of Higher Education

The mere fact that most of the great achievements in science, medicine, art, and literature are the flower of the higher education is sufficient.

133. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXX.

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding,.Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXX, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series

134. THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

The settled folk had the weight of numbers on their side; the herdsmen might raid and loot, but they could not stay.

135. THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES

The sixth century, which was an age of complete darkness for the West, saw indeed a considerable revival of the Greek power.

136. THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE

In 453 Attila died suddenly after a great feast to celebrate his marriage to a young woman, and at his death this plunder confederation of his fell to pieces.

137. Panic Experiences

I had desired to retire from business in the early nineties.

138. Other Business Experiences and Business Principles

I was a minority stockholder in all these enterprises, and had no part in their management. Not all of them were profitable.

139. THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS

"Henry by the grace of God, King of England and France, and lord of Ireland, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.

140. The Question of Rebates

The Standard gave advantages to the railroads for the purpose of reducing the cost of transportation of freight.

141. TO THE QUEEN

A Prince, whose views and heart are above all the mean arts of Disguise, is far out of the reach of any temptation to Introduce Blindness and Ignorance.

142. Election Subversion and Manipulation Is Not New

Technology has had a significant impact on how election campaigns are run, and it has been used in a variety of ways to influence election outcomes.

143. STARTING AT WORK

"Please pay this bill."

144. The Benevolent Trusts

I confess I felt most strongly on the subject, and I feel so now.

145. Foreign Markets

We soon discovered, as the business grew, that the primary method of transporting oil in barrels could not last.

146. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA

A Short History of the World, by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA

147. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY

When religions flourish side by side they tend to pick up each other’s ceremonial and other outward peculiarities.

148. Anticipations by H. G. Wells - Table of Links

Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series.

149. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE

We have already noted the formation of the Royal Society in 1662 and its work in realizing the dream of Bacon’s New Atlantis.

150. THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH

In 1398 a learned Czech, John Huss, delivered a series of lectures upon Wycliffe’s teachings in the university of Prague.

151. Character the Essential Thing

Late in 1871, we began the purchase of some of the more important of the refinery interests of Cleveland.

152. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION

The pre-human age is called the “Older Palæolithic;” the age of true men using unpolished stones in the “Newer Palæolithic.

153. Some Underlying Principles

Every right-minded man has a philosophy of life, whether he knows it or not.

154. Particles and Grammar

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II, by John Locke is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. Volume II: Book III, Chapter VII: OF PARTICLES.

155. KING ASOKA

Asoka was at first disposed to follow the example of his father and grandfather and complete the conquest of the Indian peninsula.

156. THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE

Not long after he is found turning from the Northwest Passage and advising a new voyage for the discovery of a Northeast route to India.

157. THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA

In 1921 came a drought and a great famine among the peasant cultivators in the war-devastated south-east provinces. Millions of people starved.

158. PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA

All other peoples had national gods embodied in images that lived in temples. If the image was smashed and the temple razed, presently that god died out.

159. QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

A passage by way of “Cathay” had the most powerful attractions.

160. REVIVAL OF THE NORTHWEST THEORY

From these two narrations, the one supplying details omitted by the other, the full graphic story is to be drawn.

161. The Fundamental Lesson in Help

If the people can be educated to help themselves, we strike at the root of many of the evils of the world.

162. “THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS”

The titles of the three-volumed second edition set forth the contents of each book with the same minute detail as that of the initial volume of 1589.

163. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November 1930: Vagabonds of Space - Chapter IV

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164. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING

About the same time, for chronology is still vague, the great history of Egypt was beginning.

165. RICHARD HAKLUYT THE MAN

Richard Hakluyt was of an ancient Hertfordshire family, dating back in that historic county to the thirteenth century.

166. CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE

If there were human sacrifices they had long given way to animal sacrifices before the dawn of history.

167. THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME

Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth.

168. Chapter III: Phalanxes of Atlans

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169. Chapter VI: The Atom-Smasher

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170. THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY

In 1859, following upon a serious mutiny of the native troops in India, this empire of the East India Company was annexed to the British Crown.

171. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXIV.

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172. An American Brain Drain the Life of Samuel Ball Represents

Fans of History Channel series The Curse of Oak Island probably know the name Samuel Ball.

173. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XVIII.

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174. Pleasures of the telescope by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links

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175. Explaining Abstract Terms

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176. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS

We have to remember that human races can all interbreed freely and that they separate, mingle and reunite as clouds do.

177. Building A Stone-Age Blockchain

Learn some basic blockchain concepts in a short story that takes you through the ancient world of Yap where a remote island builds the first ever blockchain.

178. THE MODERN CORPORATION

Beyond question there is a suspicion of corporations.

179. Strange Adventures of Comets

The possession of the spectroscope has enabled astronomers during later years to study the chemical composition of comets by analyzing their light.

180. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM

About forty Muhammad began to develop prophetic characteristics like those of the Hebrew prophets twelve hundred years before him.

181. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter X.

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182. Pessimists Archive: The Ultimate Podcast for Techno-Liberitarians

By Brent Rose

183. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XV.

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184. Stellar Migrations

What has been said about the motion of Sirius brings us to another aspect of this subject.

185. The New Opportunities

The great economic era we are entering will give splendid opportunity to the young man of the future.

186. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS

The Greeks were becoming serious rivals to the Semites upon the sea, and their detached and vigorous intelligence made them useful and, unprejudiced officials.

187. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914

It was and is a quite unique political combination; nothing of the sort has ever existed before.

188. THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

he Macedonians spoke a language closely akin to Greek, and on several occasions Macedonian competitors had taken part in the Olympic games.

189. THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA

In Central Asia the Turkish peoples had taken root in what is now Western Turkestan, and Persia already employed many Turkish officials and Turkish mercenaries.

190. The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated: Chapter 24 - The Secret Cave

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191. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1931: Phalanxes of Atlans - Chapter I

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192. Chapter 5: The Exile of Time

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193. Why the Standard Pays Large Dividends

The capital stock could be raised several hundred per cent. without a penny of over-capitalization or "water"; the actual value is there.

194. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book III, Chapter II.

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195. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XIX.

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196. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXV

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197. Reflections On The Topics of Progress, Technological Growth, and Economics

Musings on Progress , Technological Growth & Economics from the lens of a startup builder & amateur economist #SF Bay Area & India

198. BRAINTREE, BOCKING, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD

It is--or shall I write, "it may be"?

199. Star-Clouds, Star-Clusters, and Star-Streams

We appear to be situated near its center, but its periphery is evidently far away in the depths of space.

200. Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links

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201. THE EMPEROR CHARLES V

Some families have fought, others have intrigued their way to world power; the Habsburgs married their way.

202. THE ENGLISH CLAIM TO AMERICA

The fifth testimony, out of Gomara’s “General History,” is the following extract from a history of the West Indies published in 1552–1553.

203. The Reader's Corner

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204. Building the Ships

All the conferences, as I said before, were carried on by Mr. Gates, who seemed to enjoy work, and he has had abundant privileges in that direction.

205. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES

For settlement under the conditions of the primitive civilizations men needed a constant water supply and warmth and sunshine.

206. Why Probability Is Important

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207. The Banners of the Sun

The story of the first scientific observation of the corona and the prominences is thrillingly interesting, and in fact dramatic.

208. ROME AND CARTHAGE

A temple to the Roman god, Jupiter Capitolinus, stood in the place of the Temple, and Jews were forbidden to inhabit the city.

209. The Backus Purchase

This is my reason for entering so much into detail in this particular case, which I am exceedingly reluctant to do, and for many years have refrained from doing

210. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XX.

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211. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXIX.

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212. ARGUMENTS VERSUS CAPITAL

"You say that we do not need to spend this money?"

213. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The human being was needed now only where choice and intelligence had to be exercised.

214. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XI.

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215. Making Use Of Propositions

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216. Part 1: Trapped Again

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217. THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS

Very speedily the intolerant self-sufficiency of the early days of faith, which made the Koran seem the only possible book, was dropped.

218. THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS

Not only is Space from the point of view of life and humanity empty, but Time is empty also.

219. Great Expectations: Chapter IX

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220. The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated: Chapter 22 - The Smugglers

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221. NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES

m all things whatever that are without life in certain general aspects.

222. THE WORLD IN SPACE

The earth, as everybody knows nowadays, is a spheroid, a sphere slightly compressed, orange fashion, with a diameter of nearly 8,000 miles.

223. THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18

The rest of the European Powers were in a state of intensifying congestion.

224. The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated: Chapter 25 - The Unknown

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225. THE ANCESTRY OF MAN

Among all the apes and monkeys, the only group that have their great toes developed on anything like the same fashion as man are some of the lemurs.

226. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON

The inherent disposition of monarchy to march back towards past conditions was first and most particularly manifest in Spain.

227. Chapter VIII: The Tentacles from Below

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228. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May 1930: Brigands of the Moon - Chapter XXIX

229. What Truth Is

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230. FROBISHER IN ARCTIC AMERICA

Best, furnishing a description of the spirited scenes at the departure, properly begins the story.

231. Understanding Judgement

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232. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE

For a time the scientific process which began so brilliantly in Greece and Alexandria was interrupted.

233. The Insurance Plans

The company never went into outside ventures, but kept to the enormous task of perfecting its own organization.

234. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXVI.

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235. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA

China at this time was the greatest, best organized and most civilized political system in the world.

236. The Sacrifice for Scientific Research

Dr. Alexis Carrel has been associated with Dr. Flexner and his work, and his wonderful skill has been the result of his experiments and experiences.

237. ROME COMES INTO HISTORY

In the end the plebeians broke down most of the exclusive barriers of the old families and established a working equality with them.

238. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: The Pirate Planet - Chapter IX

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239. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

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240. THE GREEKS

The Greek tribes as we have told were a branch of the Aryan- speaking stem.

241. THE SELECTION AND TESTING OF A GLASS

A refracting telescope which has been freed from the effects of chromatic aberration is called achromatic.

242. GREEK THOUGHT AND LITERATURE

The reader must bear in mind that illuminating remark of Winckler’s, which says that this renascent Athens bore for a time the face of Pericles.

243. THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY

To judge the character of all the members of a great organization or the organization itself by the actions of a few individuals would be manifestly unfair.

244. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES

The growth of the United States is a process that has no precedent in the world’s history; it is a new kind of occurrence.

245. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter IV.

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246. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS

The first overseas settlements of the Dutch and Northern Atlantic Europeans were not for colonization but for trade and mining.

247. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXIII.

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248. The Passing of the Constellations

We begin with the familiar figure of the “Great Dipper.”

249. THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS

The very earliest birds seem to have been seabirds living upon fish, and their fore limbs were not wings but paddles rather after the penguin type.

250. THE NEW EDUCATION

The exact sciences lead to the administrative work of industrialism, and to general economics.

251. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXXI.

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252. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE

After the turn of the century Europe broke out into a fresh cycle of wars. They were chiefly “balance-of- power” and ascendancy wars.

253. THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

The centre of this new system lay far to the west of the more ancient centres of empire, which had hitherto been the river valleys of Mesopotamia and Egypt.

254. The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated: Chapter 4 - Conspiracy

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255. THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE

In this miscellaneous empire the ways of doing work and business were naturally also very miscellaneous.

256. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter III.

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257. CHANGES IN THE WORLD’S CLIMATE

It must be borne in mind that great changes of climate have always been in progress, that have sometimes stimulated and sometimes checked life.

258. EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPAN

We cannot tell here in any detail of Japan’s war with China in 1894-95. It demonstrated the extent of her Westernization.

259. Astounding Stories of Super-Science March 1931: Beyond the Vanishing Point - Chapter IX

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260. The Windows of Absolute Night

The name, “coal-sacks,” given to these strange voids is hardly descriptive.

261. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: The Ape-Men of Xlotli - Chapter IX

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262. THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM

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263. ARE THERE PLANETS AMONG THE STARS?

"even if the power of our telescopes were increased a hundredfold, and consequently no such systems are known."

264. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book III, Chapter IV.

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265. Englishman Who Fooled America

266. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I: Book II, Chapter XXXII.

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267. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II: Book III, Chapter V.

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268. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: VOL. IV, No. 3 - Gray Denim

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269. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS

In 1214 Jengis Khan, the leader of the Mongol confederates, made war on the Kin Empire and captured Pekin (1214).

270. Some Old Friends

The men who have been very successful are correspondingly conservative, since they have much to lose in case of disaster.

271. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION

Aristotle was read and discussed by these Jews and Arabs during these centuries of European darkness.

272. Locomotion in the Twentieth Century

The reader is a prospective shareholder—he and his heirs—though whether he will find this anticipatory balance-sheet to his belief or liking is another matter.

273. FROM TIBERIUS GRACCHUS TO THE GOD EMPEROR IN ROME

Only one thing presently remained to remind the god emperor that he was mortal, and that was the army.

274. History of the Internet

"The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. Initial concepts of wide area networking originated in several computer science laboratories in the United States, United Kingdom, and France.[1] The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts as early as the 1960s, including for the development of the ARPANET project, directed by Robert Taylor and managed by Lawrence Roberts. The first message was sent over the ARPANET in 1969 from computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock's laboratory at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to the second network node at Stanford Research Institute(SRI).