The Cultures

Dec 31, 2017

• The glorious fake TripAdvisor restaurant (and the Paris Fashion Week stunt)
• US politics and what they show about someone's character
• What are we hoping for from 2018 and can we think of anything good that happened in 2017?

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Dec 24, 2017

• We did the monk thing!
• "Demes" in Ancient Athens
• Bitcoin is bad for the environment

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Dec 17, 2017

• Shall we bring back ostracism? Where in ancient Athens people voted not only for their leaders but also for one person to be exiled every year.
• Sham surgery is a great placebo, furthering Andrea’s simulation theory theories (also, heart stents don't work)
• Unified astronomy: a reason to be cheerful

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Dec 10, 2017

• Andrea complains about fragrances
• What is a book that has really changed the way you think about something in the world forever?
• FIFA's Weekend League

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Dec 3, 2017

• The Fundamental Shallowness of Getting Things Done (Cory Doctorow's article)
• Does anyone really want to be comforted by being given practical solutions?
• The School of Life's "How Do You Like to be Comforted?" video
• The myth of the male bumbler
• Monks for a month: College kids give up talking and technology

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