The Culturist (@the_culturist_)

Reminder: Tolkien hated Disney. He called them "hopelessly corrupted" and knew they'd ruin any story they touched. Why? Tolkien's storytelling philosophy was profoundly different… (thread) 🧵 ...

JRR Tolkien hated Dune because its ethics are fundamentally wrong. The Lord of the Rings is a profoundly different take on Good and Evil — and how to live a moral life. Here's why… (thread) 🧵 ...

The Lord of the Rings does not take place on an imaginary planet — it's Earth. Middle-earth is our forgotten past, before recorded history, when Eden (Valinor) was a real place. The truth of Tolkien's world will blow your mind... 🧵 ...

Every aspect of life is being stripped of color. Many have noticed this trend — but why exactly is it happening? Something deeper is going on… (thread) 🧵 ...

100 years ago, a German historian noticed something: All cultures have a set life cycle — you can predict when (and how) they'll end. The early 21st century, he predicted, will spell disaster for big cities... And a new Caesar shall rise... (thread) 🧵 ...

Past societies produced so much beauty because they knew that math and beauty are deeply connected. It all started when Pythagoras discovered something mind-blowing about reality: The universe is not made of matter — but music... (thread) 🧵 ...

This 2,700-year-old tablet is the oldest map of the world. It reveals just how differently the ancients understood the world — but one detail is particularly strange. It sheds light on a VERY ancient story… (thread) 🧵 ...

Why are there thousands of paintings of Jesus but none of Muhammad? The answer is one relatively simple idea. But it changed art forever... (thread) 🧵 ...

Today in 399 BC, Socrates was sentenced to death for "corrupting the youth" of Athens. What did he say that was so dangerous? He taught them to think for themselves — via 3 simple steps... (thread) 🧵 ...