Konstantin Kisin
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Podcast Appearances
It's like going to the pyramids.
But they have no idea.
They have a rough idea of where the stones might have come from.
But they've got no idea how they got there, how they erected them.
It was first roughly drawn by mathematicians.
1978.
Wow.
And when you think about it, when everybody's on their phones now, what do you do when you're on your phone?
You look down.
Right.
It's the absolute complete opposite of looking up into the stars.
So as a result, you go, well, no wonder we're so completely self-obsessed, narcissistic, solipsistic, whatever word you want to use, because we're completely looking down into ourselves.
Well, actually, if you look up and you see that you become humble, you realize of your own insignificance, your mortality.
Temple of Abu Simbel.
Where it was done, and they still don't know how they did it mathematically, so there was a beam of light coming from the top at a certain point, and it would hit the altar.
But you know, I remember in Venezuela, this is quite a depressing story, but in places like South America, they are far more comfortable with death than we are.
I remember I met this girl at this party when I was 18 years old.
I really liked her.
There was a little bit of a vibe going on, but I knew she liked my friends, so I didn't do anything.
And I went home back to the UK.