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Leo Szilard was the physicist who first conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and patented the idea of a nuclear fission reactor.He tried repeatedly, and failed, to leverage his scientific

Waiting for my Istanbul flight in a very empty COVID haunted airport. Made use of a lovely Sunday to visit old Constantinople. First visit was the site of the

One RT, One Take on Chinese Civilization There are many things our society could learn from China that don't necessarily imply adopting all its values. Our unwillingness to do so

Why are case studies the right methodology for sociology?Theory must be made to fit and explain reality, not the other way around. Social science in the 20th century rushed into

Intellectuals have a social and economic interest in downplaying the influence of 'low-brow' culture on their interests and thinking.1/3 The history of ideas is littered with false attribution, as people

Among the stronger pro polamory arguments is that it is merely codifying what modern dating already is with more responsibility and accountability.The contrarian anti-polyamory argument might be that the lack

1 like = One contrarian evaluation of the relative advantages of the United States and China. 1. The United States has a more centralized government than China. A governor of

I recently had a fascinating conversation with Slavoj Žižek hosted by @bigthink. The famed cultural critic and philosopher talked about state of emergency, why he ran for the Slovenian presidency,

Widespread concerns over mass surveillance and the algorithms that interpret surveillance reveal popular belief in their efficacy. Such belief ironically legitimizes, rather than discredits, decisions institutions claim are based on

Technologies create entire ecosystems that prevent other possible ecosystems emerging.1/10 Improving on an existing technology can be more profitable than investigating its alternative. This is called path dependency.2/10 Through path

Should you change the world by starting or joining a movement? "I helped create this movement and it isn't what it once was."A tragic but nearly universal sentence. Why do