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Culture
Many people’s Inner Critic makes an appearance early in life and is such a constant companion that it’s part of their personality.
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Culture
The works of Shakespeare contain important knowledge. But it is not scientific knowledge, nor could it ever be built into a theory. It is knowledge
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Culture
Commercial publishers, except for those who produce scientific and technical books, generally don’t traffic in hard ideas. They’re too difficult to sell in scalable numbers
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Science
Much like the power grid, the financial system is a series of complex, interlocking contingencies. And in such a system, the biggest risk of all
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Culture
If boring labor is a threat to one’s humanity, it stands to reason that interesting labor can be a form of redemption. The Victorian sage
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