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Category Archives: Civilization
Thred Tryout
Will Wright, the creator of the various Sims games, has a new mobile phone app called Thred. It’s an easy thing to create memes, or short stories. I’m having a bit of fun with it. Here’s a story inspired by … Continue reading
Cousin Marriage and the Birth of Civil Society
Steve Sailer has an interesting tidbit on how the Catholic Church’s ban on cousin marriage helped diminish tribal thinking in Europe – which laid the foundation for what we think of as civil society. Here. Francis Fukuyama is as shallow … Continue reading
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A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
Recommended by Terence Tao, one of my favorite math bloggers. From his Google Buzz feed
