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The Tower of Babylon

Update what you know from the Old Testament

Every time I see that thing (the Burj), stretching upwards towards the sky, especially on a foggy night, I keep going back to the story of the Tower of Babel. Babel because people couldn't understand each other. But Babylon was, in fact a great ancient city that existed for thousands of years. The people were engaging in complex economical activities and registered everything on clay tablets.

We don't know if the tower existed. But it's a nice story about people setting aside their differences and collaborating to make something great.

“Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Reads on the topic:

The Tower of Babylon

Nobody asked for this, but I gave a different meaning to the story from the Old Testament about the Tower of Babel. Because Iraq is trending right now. Also known as Mesopotamia.

The Richest Man in Babylon

The first intentional book about personal finance, for anyone to use, written in 1926.

A Summary of the lessons.

If you don't want to read the whole thing, I got you! Here are the 7 lessons from the book.

The only thing you need to remember from The Richest Man in Babylon is this:

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals.

Thanks for reading. I love you, bye.

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Sorina Dumitru

architect PhD | writer | I reverse engineer experiences

The topics will be mostly about architecture, economics, and some personal development. Free books included. Yeah I was in Forbes but that was a long time ago.

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