I’d like to be a fly on the wall when Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, Genghis Kahn, and Bai Qi discussed war and empire building.

    • rosco385@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      I like the way you’re thinking, but IMO Socrates would be an absolute nightnare. Maybe swap in Euclid?

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 days ago

        nah, go full bore and choose Diogenes

        EDIT : Great, now I want the trolliest combinations. Surely a pair would be Newton, Diogenes, but who would compliment these two to exasperate the shitstorm further?

        EDIT 2 : I guess one would be “choose a sex positive feminist”

  • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    10 days ago

    1. Gṛtsamāda (author, or family of authors, of the oldest book in the Rg Veda)

    2. King Minos (or any real Minoan); Vercingetorix (or Celtillus) otherwise

    3. Enmebaragesi (first confirmed historical Sumerian king)

    4. Hattusili I (first historical King of the Hittites)

    (5.) Queen Himiko, King Tang of Shang, or King Menes (early or first confirmed historical rulers of Japan, China, and Egypt)

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    Babbage/Lovelace, Turing, Al Kwarzemi, Dennis Richie.

    Damn, only four makes the setup difficult. I also had Grace Hopper and Konrad Zuse on the shortlist. Just the WW2 contributors would be another combo that would be amazing.

    • rosco385@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Damn, only four makes the setup difficult.

      Tell me about it! Charlemagne, Zhuge Liang, and Julius Ceasar were on ny shortlist.

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialMEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Thousands of years of patriarchy means there are more dudes, both in-power and remembered, who are major figures. The selection pool, unfortunately, is not equal by the biases of historical societies and the records they left behind.

  • flying_sheep@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    Emma Goldman, Karl Marx, Kondiaronk, and Frida Kahlo.

    Emma ist a pragmatic anarchist, Karl has the theory, Kondiaronk is funny and used to pick apart Europeans’ bullshit, and Frida has the artistic angle in addition to knowing politics.

  • PugJesus@piefed.socialMEnglish
    1·
    10 days ago

    Caesar, Napoleon, Garibaldi, and Ataturk.

    I would love to hear these four discuss ambition, compromise, risk-taking, and philosophies of governance.