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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