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Benjamin Espen

Freud and Marx and Darwin and Einstein

Last week, Greg Cochran pointed out that it isn’t quite right to speak of the quartet of Freud and Marx and Darwin and Einstein together as the guiding spirits of the twentieth century, as Einstein didn’t really contribute the same way. You can see this even if you

Periodic Table

The Godzilla joke reminds me of this great thread by friend Conan_esq on the symbolism of the original Godzilla movie.

Linkfest 2022-06-10: S-curves

FreakTakes: When do ideas get easier to find? Last week I said that I’m convinced that the progress of technology usually follows an S-curve. This is a good illustration of what I mean. If you pick your metrics right, you can make a story of linear progress on the

The Well at World's End by William Morris

Sometimes, I read books so you don’t have to. The Well at World’s End really is a seminal work, but it is also a slog of a book that I wouldn’t recommend to someone reading for fun. But it is a fascinating story, and the prototype of

Oh Boy

Trix are for kids

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