Talk in Latin: Technological Progress Is Not Inevitable | Living Latin in NYC 2024

In this talk given at Paideia's Living Latin in NYC 2024, I present my observation that technological progress is not inevitable, exhorting those of us who know and appreciate ancient literature and history, and therefore know how easy it is for a civilization to stagnate and collapse, to teach what we know to anyone who is willing, including and especially the engineers, the doctors, the statesmen, the scientists of the world who, inspired by the accomplishments of the past, might right along with us carry on the patrimony of classical literature and history, for they are the very people in a position to craft our best future.
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[@faryafaraji]

Keep up the great work my friend

[@ScorpioMartianus]

You too, brother!

[@iberius9937]

YOU BOTH keep up the great work!!!!!

[@mathieulebris4269]

Tu quoque !

[@jakebranch2599]

Ey

[@vladimirkravchenko6399]

Спасибо за Вашу столь важную работу в просвещении и знакомстве людей с латинским и греческим языками и античной культурой.Thank you for your important work in educating and introducing people to Latin and Greek languages ​ ​ and ancient culture

[@Servius-Gallicus]

Gratias maximas, quod tam pulcherrimam orationem publicavisti!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Grātiam tibi habeō!

[@Kilroy_Was_Here_1897]

I have never studied Latin as a language, but in my English classes as a boy, they hammered us time and time again with Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. It took a bit to adjust to the rhythm of the language, but as I adjusted I was surprised how much I could understand just from being taught those roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Very interesting talk, thank you!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That’s terrific! Thanks for watching.

[@AidanDaGreat]

I clicked on this video on a calm Saturday evening to hear someone speak Latin and work on my translating. But that was a really moving speech. In the media, there's this sense of fear at the inevitability of the collapse of the current world order, fear that the end may be close. This kind of helped me feel a bit better about that. Thanks for that.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks for watching!

[@blackate24]

I haven't been here for a longer time, but today I remembered my wonderful teacher and came to say hello and leave a comment to boost the algorithm. I hope you've been doing well, have a good day! 😊 PS: Great speech, keep going! ✊

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thank you!

[@Pesar25]

Great to watch, thank you very much. Hope to see more of Latin content.

[@dimosthenistserikis5901]

You are such an inspiration! And what a great message to end on! Finding “Magistrates” capable of doing so is the really hard part…

[@nderesearchproject]

Gratias!

[@PaulS2211]

Thank you Luke! I attended last year and really enjoyed your presentation. Glad to listen again and catch the finer details.

[@codemeister9895]

Always great to hear stuff like this👍. In my secondary school we got Latin and ancient Greek courses as a standard. It wasn't thought at a very high level, rather intermediate. I can still folow the talk though😂

[@vampyricon7026]

4:50 "Rés pública: 'et semper lÍberius uÍuimus et semper pulchrius.' - suá sponte fit, inéluctábile uidétur. Sed nós quÍ litterÍs antÍquÍs studémus multó melius nóuimus hanc rem. Nóuimus perbene aeua obscúra fierÍ posse." A timely reminder that freedom and democracy aren't inevitable and take defending!

[@NotMeButAnother]

Beautifully done, although I'm pretty sure we figured out the secret of Roman self-repairing concrete a few years ago, pretty recently but still.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That’s exactly right! That’s why it was the first item on the list. If it wasn’t clear in my commentary, I meant that we finally understand this list of things - and yet the subtle perfection of Roman concrete, or at least its precise formula, has yet to be 100% understood. I think we’ll get there one day.

[@jess96154]

Great talk!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks!

[@AleBar-dq4wb]

Gratias tibi Lucius, lingua latina voce tua vivet, per Aspera ad Astra, semper.

[@user-or4dy1bc3j]

Gratiās tibi agō, Lūce, pelīculae tuae optimae sunt discendō linguae Latīnae! Valdē exspectō recitatiōnēs secundae partis librī "Lingua latīna per se illūstrāta" apud KZbin.

[@janhenkel4459]

Nice use of ”must needs” in the subs at 17:31.

[@PulchritudoOcculta]

Salve Luci! Hoc anno ibo ad conventiculum Novi Eboraci! Ergo mox te videbo!

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Eu!

[@jlop985]

Unfortunately I cannot come this year, but last year's conference was great!

[@michaelstephanustranquillus]

Macte virtute esto! Perplacuit sermonem audire etsi sententiae nostrae de tecnologia hodierna atque de usu eius magnopere differunt. Equidem spero nos numquam ad Martem perventuros; planeta nostro iam fere diruto, certe melius erit alios in pace relinquere, nonne? 😅

[@freeottis]

Will you make another chat with ai video?

[@JohnLennon4768]

You're an inspiration. You said in a comment that you wrote down the full familia romana and that you then were able to read latin. But that meant slightly above level of familia romana right? Or did that mean being able to read classical authors?

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Thanks! FR prepares you well for various poets and prose authors too. Naturally you have to work at it a bit, but in time, with enough extensive reading, you become proficient.

[@mattgerlach744]

Macte! Valde me placuit hunc sermonem auscultare.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Grātiās tibi agō, Matthaee!

[@enricomuzunna7490]

I never closed “How I learned Latin and Greek solo” so fast.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

I don’t follow. You mean you closed that other video because it wasn’t interesting? No problem, if so; thanks for the feedback.

[@alex10291]

​@@ScorpioMartianusI think he is saying the opposite, that he got excited for this video and closed the other one

[@JohnLennon4768]

No, don't worry. It's a meme that young people use. People usually say:" I've never clicked on a video so fast​" but this user said it differently @@ScorpioMartianus

[@enricomuzunna7490]

@@JohnLennon4768 My English is ruining me 😅

[@enricomuzunna7490]

@ScorpioMartianus sorry for the misunderstanding 😅 the joke is the following: I was watching the old video and I immediately closed it when I saw the YT's notification. I hope now it's clearer to understand

[@jamesbaker8831]

I'd love to see Latin become a working language on Mars, then they could keep the place names.

[@ElArgelinoBasado1962]

Help I forgot to do my latin homework,what is the genitive of Iupiter,pls fast teacher is coming

[@ElArgelinoBasado1962]

pls teacher coming

[@BrandonBoardman]

Jovis

[@shaharjoselevich7169]

Iovis

[@Horace-e8m]

Victor Hugo (french writer) speaks about someone who killed himself for he didn't know why "jovis" was the genitive of juppiter 😂 (cf. Han d'Islande)

[@ElArgelinoBasado1962]

@@BrandonBoardman thanks

[@francescostefanelli870]

Conor latinum sit sermo astrum. Non anglicum, sinicum neque ruthenum. Quia latinus est lingua aeterna, democratica lapidicaque.

[@BrandonBoardman]

Omnīnō cōnsentiō tibi.

[@TheBrianp1]

Only Thanos is inevitable. Well him and Chuck Norris of course.

[@chideraalexanderdex547]

Thanos habet nullum globulus

[@JRJohnson1701]

Engelsaxisch: technologisch Forþschriþþ is mid nanen Þingen unferbuugbær.

[@Xargxes]

Salvē Lūcī, love your work! Was having some fun with your Ranieri's Latin Pronunciation Chronology while reading Augustine (assuming 400AD) and questions started to pop up! Maybe you updated the chart many times by now? (Found it on Reddit and it says 2019): 1. quia superbīs resistis -> [k(i)a su'perbi re'se:ste]? 2. prius -> [pre:o]? 3. laudābilis -> [lo'da:bile] or [lo'da:bele]? Laudābilis, laudābile, laudābilem, laudabilēs all get pronounced the same way, right? 4. numerus -> ['noːmero], right? But what about Sardinian/Southern-Italian numeru? Was the u a later innovation from the [oː]? 5. circumferēns -> [t͡ʃirku:feres]? 6. aut -> [o:t] or already [o:] without the t? 7. By 400 AD the chart goes full palatalization-mode with all the lovely ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ʃ etc.. except for [s̠c] in front of e and i. [s̠c] - got me wondering why? Man, the pronunciation becomes tough on the inflections and conjugations with all those word final -s dropping. Or would Augustine have preserved some singular/plural distinction? Also, it's funny how the word final -s becomes a sign of a participle ( = [-es]) , rather than of the second person ending ;). Would love to know your thoughts! Sorry if it's an old chart!

[@MatW1lson]

🕑 ⏳️ Just in time: I realized I hadn't seen you pop-up on my YT feed in weeks. I thought, "I wonder what happened to Luke?" So I literally just searched and see you posted this 3-4 hours ago. Good timing! ⏳️ 😊

[@ScorpioMartianus]

Great timing!