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H4-Post Medieval

Post Medieval by Mike Prestwood. 
Stories from 1500 to 1950. 
The history of modern civilization. 
New looks at the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and the rise of science.

~ 4 minutes of short abstracts.

What you’re listening to is a random set of thoughts related to the larger, living project.

TouchstoneTruth treats writing as an ongoing practice rather than a sequence of finished products.

At the center is the TST Weekly Column.

Each edition remains part of the record, even as its insights continue to evolve. Each edition is an living essay that will be updated from time to time.

Beneath each column lives a quieter layer—the research.

Short pieces. Tidbits.

When a source is corrected or expanded, it can be updated once at the tidbit level and reflected everywhere it appears.

Ideas here are not only read once and forgotten.

They are meant to resurface through the Weekly Wisdom Builder and the WWB Trainer.

The trainer allows ideas to be experienced in different contexts, helping patterns emerge naturally.

All rests on journalism.

The most enduring journalism does not age well because it was right—it ages well because it was careful.

To help with clearer reasoning, this project uses the TST Framework.

The framework encourages revising conclusions when better reasoning or better data becomes available.

At a deeper level is epistemology, my Idea of Ideas.

Knowledge advances when ideas are treated as provisional maps, not final destinations.

Closely related is the Material–Spiritual Framework.

The framework resists reductionism without rejecting science.

Together, these pieces form what I call a Living Touchstone.

Return when useful.

Listen again when the noise grows loud.

Done. Refresh for another set.

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Writing and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.
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