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Treasure Ships, Azores Signs & Underwater Digs with Ricardo Calvário — Part 3 of 4 | Classics Rotation
Ricardo explains why the Institute’s main house is planned for Knoxville rather than Portugal, then argues that ancient peoples never treated the ocean as a wall—citing Iberian and Caribbean crossings, Chinese treasure fleets, and Azores occupation signs. This part stays with seafaring evidence, underwater archaeology ambitions, and the lead-in to his view of AI and social control.
Asked why Knoxville instead of Portugal, Ricardo says Portugal makes cultural institutions nearly impossible without huge capital and gatekeeping around tax-exempt foundations, that England looked complicated too…
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