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wretchardthecat

wretchardthecat

When risks scale linearly danger is proportional to size and things predictable. Low probability events with exponential effects are unpredictable. The more of these the more fragile the system is.

Post-Globalized🌲🎈

PostGlobalized

2020 *should* mark a widespread legitimacy crisis in the public mind, but won't—The memetic energy of "2020" has already been harnessed for use in a sort of mysticism in which

ABUDU

AbuduOfficial

I'm not foolish not to know that the NURTW is a good initiative, but however needs a total reformation, especially in Lagos. A boy whom we both attended the same

Manu Raju

mkraju

Centrist Dems say liberals pushed policies easily demonized by GOP. Liberals argue that it's the progressive policies that are turning out the base. Some Dems second-guess lack of stimulus deal

Kieron Gillen

kierongillen

Just listening to Mary Robinette Kowal's excellent Writing Short Stories part of Brandon Sanderson's writing Fantasy/Sci-fi series and thinking about how when we do writing for comics its how rare

Raven the Science Maven

ravenscimaven

What if you haven't published yet because you were making global impacts in ways other than on paper? Is publishing papers really the only way that universities determine your value?

Thomas J. Leeper

thosjleeper

What if instead of using the mean to describe central tendency we just added up all of the values in the sample and then divided that total by the number

Hetty Halpin Wilde

Henriettaspoon

The SNP, Independence and EU MembershipI’m glad Cherry’s attempt to be the next leader of the SNP has been thwarted, not just because she’s an awful person but because she’s

Christopher S Rose

khowaga

This reminds me of a period in the early 2000s when I and other area-studies colleagues tried to work with K-12 schools that focused on global studies, only to be

Dr Tim is wearing his mask

timsenior

I was pleased to hear @triplejHack covering mental health for #RUOKDay - such an important issue, particularly for young people.And then @PatMcGorry seemed to suggest that young people shouldn't see

Paul Vander Klay

PaulVanderKlay

I found @BretWeinstein appearance on @joerogan quite interesting. https://youtu.be/pRCzZp1J0v0 I am in alignment with some of his ideas about the sources of economic inequality and the failure of the Democratic

Monica

_mamaOcllo

Unpopular take ahead: #bospoli is extremely defined by individuals who are born and raised in BOS. For those of us who are not, but who love & care abt our

Sean Robinson

seanrobinson1e4

Just a thought or two on convention speeches sans live audiences, and the idea of theater. Veteran political journos naturally view this new setup through the lens of the old

Shahzaib.

S9_A4

One of the positives of Pakistani & Kashmiri culture in terms of marriage is that the men’s side (no matter how rich or poor they are) will be very, very

Feminist Proper Gander

dappergander

I'm about to get real heavy here, so CONTENT WARNING: child sexual exploitation.Martin posted this morning and I followed up on it and now I have questions.First of all-- this

Michael Skapinker

Skapinker

THE EU VISA THICKET: when UK business people restart travelling to the EU they face a new world. If you're charging a fee, and sometimes even if you're not, you

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