"How #Musk, #Thiel, #Zuckerberg, and #Andreessen—Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs—Are Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality" — book excerpt from "The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the #Metaverse, #Mars, and #Crypto," by Jonathan Taplin
Meet this red jasper #intaglio from #Wales depicting the Roman god #Mars standing in the nude, wearing only a crested helmet and the folds of a cloak over one arm. He cradles a long spear and holds a sheathed sword with its belt.
🏛️ Mars, Roman intaglio, Amgueddfa #Cymru - National Museum Wales
Meet this Roman stone statue of the god #Mars, found in #York. It was carved from local sandstone in the 4th century CE. #Eboracum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia that became the city of York. Eboracum was a busy port and a provincial capital with residents from all over the Roman Empire.