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Saturdays aren’t for working
Every Saturday I’ll bring you something different, just for fun.
Before I talk about my offering for this fine Saturday morning (I will be driving one of my kids across New Jersey when you read this), I just wanted to share Mike’s latest video. I just watched it. He was the guy from last week. His vlogs are so damn good. You should also just watch it, you won’t regret it.
💸 💸💸💸😡 😡 😡 😡 indeed.
Now to the main attraction.
When I’m not writing newsletters, or grinding on AI for content, I am a Newark Nerd. Specifically, I am a historian of its urban story, especially its decay. Check out my blog about researching my thesis. There are many ways to understand history, you can read, you can dive into dusty archives (my favourite), talk to people (also my favourite), you can fabulate, or you can just walk the damn thing.
Here’s another example of great vloging because it presents a perspective that I would otherwise be completely ignorant of. Even though I love urban decay, it is unlikely that I’m going to walk an abandoned rail line end to end any time soon.
As historians, I don’t think the discipline quite knows how to process this kind of work. I did some research on the 90’s hip-hop scene in Newark and almost all of my primary sources were youtube videos. We assume youtube is going to be up forever, but tell that to a Betamax owner. Preservation is a big question when it comes to digitized everything. What is today’s convenience could turn into the bronze age collapse.
But when you make a claim as a historian, you need to be able to quote your sources. That’s the central demand of the discipline. This dude answers that question with his legs. How do you put that into your footnotes?
Please enjoy.
Last Word.
Walking is an amazing way to learn.
Till next time,