Qui Ante Nos

Museums are doing it wrong

And what to do about it. Part Three.

Nov 3 • 

Scott Olesen

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October 2025

Museums are doing it wrong

And how they can fix it. Part Two.

Oct 27 • 

Scott Olesen

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Museums are doing it wrong

And what they can do to fix it. Part One.

Oct 21 • 

Scott Olesen

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Constitutional crises

But with a little c

Oct 6 • 

Scott Olesen

September 2025

A portrait in government efficiency

Eula Bingham, Director of OSHA (1977-1981)

Sep 2 • 

Scott Olesen

July 2025

Doomed to repeat history

How the US Constitution was built on ancient Greek political fortune-telling

Jul 7 • 

Scott Olesen

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June 2025

Overthink, overplan, overoptimize

An adaptation of Samuel Johnson's Rambler #134

Jun 30 • 

Scott Olesen

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Don't pray to the dynamo

Learning from Henry Adams to avoid AI metaphors

Jun 9 • 

Scott Olesen

February 2025

Legal is what legal does

Philosophy of law in stool banks, Icelandic sagas, and the contemporary federal government

Feb 20 • 

Scott Olesen

January 2025

Fun facts from Ellis Island

That is, Scott went to a museum and wants you to hear about it

Jan 6 • 

Scott Olesen

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November 2024

There is no such thing as corporate greed

Or, if there is: don’t hate the player, change the game

Nov 12, 2024 • 

Scott Olesen

September 2024

The search for man's meaning

Masculine identity in 21st century America

Sep 23, 2024 • 

Scott Olesen