“There’s no such thing as a free…

“There’s no such thing as a free market”: Ha-Joon Chang’s 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism www.thersa.org/discover/videos/event-videos/2010/0… #fb
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The Well of Loneliness — Radclyffe Hall

This story is about a tomboyish girl called Stephen. It traces her life from her birth and upbringing in a wealthy and genteel English family in the late 1800s, through the first world war and on to a successful career. … Continue reading

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Why Don’t Students Like School? — Daniel Willingham

The reason children don’t like going to school is that it interrupts their education. — Jay Griffith at the RSA That quote could serve as a summary of this book. It’s a guide for teachers to make their classroom time … Continue reading

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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper — John Allen Paulos

A mathematician reads the newspaper and comments on it from a mathematics-oriented point of view. That’s what this book is, and it’s a fun and interesting read thanks to Paulos’s clear writing and understated humour. I have a few of … Continue reading

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I have discovered a truly remarkable…

I have discovered a truly remarkable proof of this theorem which this tweet is too small to contain.
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Apple’s Photos app for Mac OS is such a…

Apple’s Photos app for Mac OS is such a frustrating step backwards compared to iPhoto. So rudimentary. So sluggish. Gah!

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Top up your onions Sydney with lovely…

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Top up your onions Sydney with lovely fresh local ones through @OooobySyd #putoutyouronions

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Surveys: most dangerous research tool….

Surveys: most dangerous research tool. Combine the worst of qualitative and quantitative approaches — Erika Hall medium.com/research-things/on-surveys-5a73dda5e9a0

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Your Logical Fallacy Is: Useful site…

Your Logical Fallacy Is: Useful site for identifying flaws in others’ arguments. Think how grateful they’ll be! yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

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