Dwarkesh Podcast//Ada Palmer
Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all time
Ada Palmer and Dwarkesh Patel reinterpret Machiavelli as a patriotic, highly contextual political analyst rather than a cartoon villain. The episode also uses Machiavelli to explore Renaissance patronage, papal power, censorship, print culture, and why The Prince became newly relevant in later political eras.
