I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
The David Vases
Two vases dedicated at a temple, inscribed with a date — and that date became the fixed point by which all other undated blue-and-white porcelain is judged.
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6 MAR 2026
Day 65
Man is condemned to be free.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Sampling Many Answers
A model asked the same question several times will often produce different chains of thought. The majority answer is frequently more reliable than any single attempt.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
A Sapi-Portuguese Ivory Saltcellar
African carvers working elephant ivory into a European table object within decades of first contact, fusing techniques and motifs that had never met before.
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