Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“There’s a Twitter meme on how men constantly think about the Roman Empire. Some feminist friends objected that women think about Rome a lot too. To settle the matter, I included a question about this on this year’s ACX survey, ‘Have you thought about the Roman Empire in the past 24 hours?’ (the Byzantine Empire also counted). Here are responses from 607 cis women and 4,925 cis men …. 38% of women, vs. 43% of men, had thought about Rome in the past day — pretty equal! … maybe this is a victory for feminism. But obviously the real winner is Rome. Imagine being so glorious that, 500-1500 years later, almost half of people still think about you daily, even on continents you never discovered.” (09/24/24)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-often-do-men-think-about-rome