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BROOKLYN’S STREET-CENTRIC HACKTIVIST | More Intelligent Life

BROOKLYN’S STREET-CENTRIC HACKTIVIST | More Intelligent Life

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The self-fulfilling story

The self-fulfilling story
I found myself irritated by today’s story in the New York Times that asks whether putting money from the bailout toward broadband …

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If people are repositories of knowledge — the death of an old person, an African saying runs, is like the burning of a library — then I want a library card,” Alford writes. “I want borrowing privileges for the rest of my life.

If people are repositories of knowledge — the death of an old person, an African saying runs, is like the burning of a library — …

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The smaller the attendance the bigger the history. There were 12 people at the Last Supper. Half a dozen at Kitty Hawk. Archimedes was on his own in the bath. — Tony Wilson

The smaller the attendance the bigger the history. There were 12 people at the Last Supper. Half a dozen at Kitty Hawk. Archimedes was on …

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La Portena Restaurant (4/5) on Yelp.com

La Portena Restaurant (4/5) on Yelp.com
Superb shell and flank steaks, and the potato and fry sides were above average. But the malbec our waiter …

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Now we perceive the limitations of those old categories and scoff; we value multidisciplinarianism and genre-bending. The life of the mind is more chaotic, but also more exhilarating.

Now we perceive the limitations of those old categories and scoff; we value multidisciplinarianism and genre-bending. The life of the mind is more chaotic, but …

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