
Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
5) The Semitic/Abrahamic idea of Paradise was not bucolic, but a garden [Gan Eden, Janneh]; from the suspended gardens of Babylon to the Persian Bustan. Rich merchants in the fertile crescent had enclosed gardens where it is almost always cool. https://t.co/cuHLe0HJyY — PolitiTweet.org