December 31, 2004
December 28, 2004
The Vanishing
In “Collapse,” Jared Diamond shows how societies destroy themselves.
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December 27, 2004
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December 09, 2004
Patent Prescription
A radical cure for the ailing U.S. patent system
Posted by cds at 11:45 PM
| Politics
December 04, 2004
Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died
From neuroscience to Nietzsche. A sobering look at how man may perceive himself in the future, particularly as ideas about genetic predeterminism takes the place of dying Darwinism.
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Posted by cds at 05:17 PM
| Tech
December 02, 2004
Mr. Shawn’s Lost Tribe
THIS MEDIA LIFE
The language and rituals and customs of the old ‘New Yorker’ are fast being forgotten. Renata Adler, with her first book in fifteen years, is the Last of the Mohicans.
Posted by cds at 12:30 PM
| Culture