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On Monday, Ben Bernanke wasn’t talking like a scientist. He was talking like a philosopher. “The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being,” he said. To a roomful of economists, he suggested that the measurements they were using, like gross domestic product and personal consumption expenditures, were inadequate to that understanding.
Rome, fourth century CE. Wow.
This reconstruction derives from the international Rome Reborn project (via Open Culture).
Neat proof of concept. If we could do this online filtered by subject categories, call numbers, etc., it would be a nice way to be able to “check the shelf for what’s next to the book you’re looking for”.
“The classics are back, and with a vengeance. In the past few years there has been a Vesuvius-sized explosion of translations, adaptations and re-imaginings of the ancient works. For lovers of Latin and Greek literature, it has been hog heaven, a chance to revisit the thrilling adventures, beautiful poetry and unflinching psychological insights the ancient stories offer us.”
