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From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet
Peer production is responsible for some of the most valuable online resources, challenging the authority of firms, markets, and government bureaucracies.
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Rising temperatures have caused a significant shift in plant phenology and brought unusually early springs. This premature change of the seasons can impact our produce and our health. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants
How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters
Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.
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Rising temperatures have caused a significant shift in plant phenology and brought unusually early springs. This premature change of the seasons can impact our produce and our health. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants
Rising temperatures have caused a significant shift in plant phenology and brought unusually early springs. This premature change of the seasons can impact our produce and our health. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants
How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters
Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.
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The radical proposal of giving everyone a minimum, unconditional amount of money has a surprisingly deep history, with prototypes indicated among hunter-gatherers and ancient Athens. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-deep-and... #Economics #EssentialKnowledge #UniversalBasicIncome via @mitpress
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The radical proposal of giving everyone a minimum, unconditional amount of money has a surprisingly deep history, with prototypes indicated among hunter-gatherers and ancient Athens. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-deep-and... #Economics #EssentialKnowledge #UniversalBasicIncome via @mitpress
What Nihilism Is Not ~ 'something is nothing'
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What Nihilism Is Not
In order to preserve nihilism as a meaningful concept, it's necessary to distinguish it from pessimism, cynicism, and apathy.
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What Nihilism Is Not ~ 'something is nothing'
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and did not report that her meetings with #Canadianofficials were #abruptlycancelled, which she attributed to “very vocal, very virulent, very aggressive” pressure from #pro-Israellobby groups. These #omissions deprived Canadians of #essentialknowledge that might have compelled political action.
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Éloge des standards par un patron du NISO.
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The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards
In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.
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Éloge des standards par un patron du NISO.
Petit livre à lire, je pense.
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Petit livre à lire, je pense.
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The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-fatal-tr... #Economics #EssentialKnowledge #Labor #UniversalBasicIncome via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Do Trump's Right Wing Extremists Threaten Democracy?
Do Trump's Right Wing Extremists Threaten Democracy?
The Long History of Violent Extremism
From ancient Carthage to contemporary terror cells, violent ideologies have long plagued civilizations.
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Do Trump's Right Wing Extremists Threaten Democracy?
Do Trump's Right Wing Extremists Threaten Democracy?
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The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards
In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.
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The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
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How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters
Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.
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Fascinating, plus the typewriter looks really cool. H/T Tadeusz Zawidzki, chair GW philosophy for flagging it.
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How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-typing-t... #EssentialKnowledge #Philosophy #Technology via @mitpress.bsky.social
How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fascinating, plus the typewriter looks really cool. H/T Tadeusz Zawidzki, chair GW philosophy for flagging it.
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The Czech Play That Gave Us the Word ‘Robot’
Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921. Its influence cannot be overstated.
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The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards
In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.
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Animals Are More Rational Than You Think
From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters
Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.
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A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-history-of... #ComputerScience #Cryptography #EssentialKnowledge via @mitpress.bsky.social
A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI
Computer scientist Panos Louridas traces the evolution of secret communication, from ancient Greece to the quantum era.
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The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
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My 18 month old boy knows how to clear a Master Caution Alarm. #EssentialKnowledge
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My 18 month old boy knows how to clear a Master Caution Alarm. #EssentialKnowledge
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How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
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How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters
Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.
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A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI
Computer scientist Panos Louridas traces the evolution of secret communication, from ancient Greece to the quantum era.
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Animals Are More Rational Than You Think
From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.
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Gender Has a History and It’s More Recent Than You May Realize
The story of how society, ignorant of medical research, made a stigma out of something our bodies do quite naturally: not conform to a sexual binary.
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