#Books

I have a book coming out in early 2021.A thread on access & whose story gets to be told in Pakistan: For decades, Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore have dominated the
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Any time you draw a line, someone will accuse you of reductionism. "It's not a binary, man, it's a spectrum". My models allow for gradients of being, but when people
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Spooperama 2020 Night 1: The Invisible ManIt was an interesting twist on the classic story that teaches us that the only thing scarier than a rich psychopath is an invisible
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A THREAD on insightful timeless ideas shared by Paul Graham (@paulg) during 2010-15:1/Almost all business books are an essay's worth of ideas, macroexpanded one way or another. 2/Advice that will
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You literally couldn't write my life. I'll try and keep this as brief as I can... On Sunday, I spot an insta post from an old friend of mine (an
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Some morning thoughts on space politics:So, whenever I post something about the Moon landings being almost entirely a political move, I get lots of (polite!) people telling me that of
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Some really great books, thrown together for no reason in particular expect that they are worth owning Azar Gat, WAR IN HUMAN CIVILIZATIONhttps://amzn.to/3dtTwDy  Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber's ENIGMA OF
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Here's the story of my weirdest language study situation: I once took French taught in French; basic German taught in French; and absolute beginner Arabic taught in French.At the same
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Not sure how I feel about the latest example of "cancel culture." A children's author added "I stand with JK Rowling" to her twitter bio and her publisher dropped her.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8490821/
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How to get the girl you want?-Thread- Rule 1 AbundanceGet this shit straight into your head-For girls -For money -For opportunities -For anything else in life For now specifically for
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European civilization is built on ham and cheese, which allowed protein to be stored throughout the icy winters. Without this, urban societies in most of central Europe would simply not
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Can you work while listening to music? I usually put the music on while working. I'm listening to this now https://open.spotify.com/album/2WuL0LSvZ41xT5p7OOcy4o?si=XnWJxMTPS6m3DwHpHprexADo share your work music Hi all! How's everyb
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The allied forces literally re-brainwashed the Germans after WW2 under a process called Denazification. You can find more out here > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DenazificationFrighteningly, they don't appear to have ever turned o
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This one's pretty good. Some incredible stories.Tony Fernandes's Flying High memoir is also a breezy read. So was the Sarawak Report book. All market/business stories. https://twitter.com/ungkuasyraf/status/1187313847650045952 The Tun M bio
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NOMINATE at least one library & one other to let us know:1. Your favourite #Film or #TV book adaptation2. #Book/ #Books you would like to see adapted So that we
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I entered the USA the last time in 2016. Since then, I am boycotting travel there, don’t attend academic events and don’t pay fees to academic associations which represent my
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