A Learning Ape
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Fun fact: at the end of his career (and life), Malinowski was embarking on the study of the concept of 'Freedom'. He saw nationalism as the chief obstacle to human freedom. This is the tentative argument structure; pay attention to the paragraph at the bottom of the page.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fun fact: at the end of his career (and life), Malinowski was embarking on the study of the concept of 'Freedom'. He saw nationalism as the chief obstacle to human freedom. This is the tentative argument structure; pay attention to the paragraph at the bottom of the page.
Great obituary and, more so, a piece that asks important questions about contemporary science
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Great obituary and, more so, a piece that asks important questions about contemporary science
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Sometimes I defend high-minded principles of peace and goodwill that I think consonant with leftist values, but my opponents are always able to cite all the worker led socialist paradises that ruthless willingness to deploy violence have wrought so I'm forced to bow before their superior pragmatism.
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sometimes I defend high-minded principles of peace and goodwill that I think consonant with leftist values, but my opponents are always able to cite all the worker led socialist paradises that ruthless willingness to deploy violence have wrought so I'm forced to bow before their superior pragmatism.
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🌎 An aspirational new approach to planetary futures
This new paper, co-authored by @michael.muthukrishna.com
& published in 'Nature', proposes an innovative new framework - the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) - for addressing planetary environmental challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This new paper, co-authored by @michael.muthukrishna.com
& published in 'Nature', proposes an innovative new framework - the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) - for addressing planetary environmental challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An aspirational approach to planetary futures - Nature
The Nature Relationship Index offers a new way to measure and engage human aspirations to shape a better future for people and all life on Earth.
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🌎 An aspirational new approach to planetary futures
This new paper, co-authored by @michael.muthukrishna.com
& published in 'Nature', proposes an innovative new framework - the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) - for addressing planetary environmental challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This new paper, co-authored by @michael.muthukrishna.com
& published in 'Nature', proposes an innovative new framework - the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) - for addressing planetary environmental challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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There is more culturally and economically in common between the median American and the median Chinese person than between the median American and the median European
March 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is more culturally and economically in common between the median American and the median Chinese person than between the median American and the median European
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HOW THE AI RACE IS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROZONE
From today's newsletter, on the "bubble" and pursuit of the "fantastic object"
From today's newsletter, on the "bubble" and pursuit of the "fantastic object"
February 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
HOW THE AI RACE IS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROZONE
From today's newsletter, on the "bubble" and pursuit of the "fantastic object"
From today's newsletter, on the "bubble" and pursuit of the "fantastic object"