Month: October 2017
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Societies of control
The adolescent stage of societies of control. The nascent stage. (Also, it’s so meta that Genius has Deleuze’s Postscript annotated. Not sure how to feel about this.)
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David Mamet
David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’
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There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
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Just own the damn robots.
Just own the damn robots.
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Lindy
Heuristic: don’t take book recommendations from someone who’s favorite book was published in their lifetime. (Lindy effect)
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Liberty & network effects
It is easy to forget that at the end of the day accessibility improvements benefits everybody, not just those with disability. @boagworld This is generally true because of network effects. More liberties for social minorities result in more liberties for all.
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Recursion
A recursive definition: an example. @CutTheKnotMath
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Museums are retirement homes for culture
Museums are retirement homes for culture.
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Space
Only a failing space company says the sky’s the limit.
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Ship it
The best software developers I know are the least sure of the code they have touched. The worst judge others for not having their arrogance. @SusanPotter Still others know that shipping working code on time is better than an intellectual exercise in moral judgement.