I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Shabti of King Taharqa
For nearly a century, Egypt's pharaohs came from Kush, the kingdom upstream on the Nile. This small servant figure was made for one of them.
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7 MAR 2026
Day 66
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Test-Time Compute
Training larger models isn't the only path to better answers. Spending more compute at runtime—generating multiple attempts, checking steps, searching possibilities—can match or exceed gains from adding parameters.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
The Bonampak Murals
A court ceremony, a jungle battle, prisoners on a pyramid. The murals at Bonampak recorded names, dates and violence—and dismantled the idea that the Maya were astronomers who never made war.
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