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Best Posts Series § 7
Apr. 15th, 2014 08:19 pmBest Posts Series § 7
POLITICS, HISTORY & CULTURE
If you want to understand Russian - Ukrainian situation, read this article. "When it comes to explaining Russia’s Ukrainian adventurism, the West has attempted to hide behind a wall of myths and hope its problems will just go away."
On Crimes and Punishments and Beccaria. "This [post] addresses why medieval governments and the Church used so much violent torture, not by analyzing the Middle Ages, but by revisiting the first moment that [those questions] were asked by someone else, and thereby entered the central conversation of European thought, with real and wonderful consequences." A truly wonderful post from an historian!
A Week of Groceries In Different Countries [Pictures]
Tales from Dystopia is a series of blog posts of memories of the apartheid era in South Africa.
197: Before It Had A Name. There's the time when you know something is happening, but you're not sure exactly what. The illness […] The era, before it's been given a title. And something changes when the name is given. Stories of that transformation...between what it is now, and what it was before it had a name.
LITERATURE
A Letter from Anton Chekhov To His Brother Nikolay. What defines a cultured person.
The Lack of Female Road Narratives and Why it Matters.
The Appeal of Horror
SCIENCE & ECONOMICS
Scientists have found that memories may be passed down through generations in our DNA
How businesses can ignore large potential markets without going bankrupt.
Competition’s effect on prices. "When competition results in overcapacity and fixed costs are a major cost that must be amortized across the number of units sold, prices rise."
POLITICS, HISTORY & CULTURE
If you want to understand Russian - Ukrainian situation, read this article. "When it comes to explaining Russia’s Ukrainian adventurism, the West has attempted to hide behind a wall of myths and hope its problems will just go away."
On Crimes and Punishments and Beccaria. "This [post] addresses why medieval governments and the Church used so much violent torture, not by analyzing the Middle Ages, but by revisiting the first moment that [those questions] were asked by someone else, and thereby entered the central conversation of European thought, with real and wonderful consequences." A truly wonderful post from an historian!
A Week of Groceries In Different Countries [Pictures]
Tales from Dystopia is a series of blog posts of memories of the apartheid era in South Africa.
197: Before It Had A Name. There's the time when you know something is happening, but you're not sure exactly what. The illness […] The era, before it's been given a title. And something changes when the name is given. Stories of that transformation...between what it is now, and what it was before it had a name.
LITERATURE
A Letter from Anton Chekhov To His Brother Nikolay. What defines a cultured person.
The Lack of Female Road Narratives and Why it Matters.
The Appeal of Horror
SCIENCE & ECONOMICS
Scientists have found that memories may be passed down through generations in our DNA
How businesses can ignore large potential markets without going bankrupt.
Competition’s effect on prices. "When competition results in overcapacity and fixed costs are a major cost that must be amortized across the number of units sold, prices rise."
