Historian

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KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Partly supported
Average Korean Heights Progressively Declined Between the 1920s and 1950s
“Historians later measured Korean heights from the 19 twenties to the 19 fifties. The average Korean kept Getting shorter, year after year, a little smaller than before.”
Shane Parrish May 19, 2026 ▶ 4:03 The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lonsdale: Top 100 universities will not hire non-leftist historians
“You can't get hired as a historian at any of the top hundred universities anymore if you're not kind of on one side of things”
Joe Lonsdale May 17, 2025 ▶ 31:39 The Truth About AI: Sam Lessin’s Contrarian Take · Joe Lonsdale
Demirors: Every company and project should employ a corporate historian
“Not many companies today employ historians, but I think every company, every project should employ a historian and like a chief storyteller.”
Meltem Demirors Feb 18, 2022 ▶ 43:50 Minting Billionaires and the Religion of Bitcoin | Meltem Demirors, CoinShares
a16z Insight
Allison: Mainstream historians reject applied history like physicists look down on engineers
“So mainstream historians don't really like it, because it seems a little too applied, in the same way that theorists don't like applied, and physicists look down on engineers.”
Graham Allison Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:53 a16z Podcast | Centers of Power, War, and History

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