Ada Palmer
PersonHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Jun 2026
Ada Palmer is an author and historian who has appeared as a guest on the Dwarkesh Podcast. She is known for her expertise on historical figures such as Machiavelli and the late 15th-century period.
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What Ada Palmer has said on podcasts
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Regime overthrow weakens legitimacy and increases the likelihood of repeated subsequent overthrows.
“when you break that, when you overthrow the ruler, when you dissolve the republic, when you put in a new thing, it doesn't have that same staying power”
Open the episode · Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all timeListen at 0:54
A hereditary regional power could have constrained papal turnover and stabilized Italy.
“The only Thing that could stop the turnover of popes would be one person gaining enough power and ascendancy near this region who has staying power, who has sons at heredity”
Open the episode · Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all timeListen at 5:04
People control at most half of the factors determining outcomes; fortune determines the rest.
“we have power over maximum half of what causes outcomes. The other half is always going to be fortune”
Open the episode · Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all timeListen at 13:57
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