Whatever happened to prog?
Progressive rock can be seen as a barometer of the Zeitgeist of its time. Not only was there optimism, but there was also a widespread belief that it…
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Is probabilistic cognition universal?
An interesting paper by Laura Fontanari, Michel Gonzalez, Giorgio Vallortigara, and Vittorio Girotto: “Probabilistic cognition in two indigenous Mayan groups“, forthcoming in PNAS….
25 Years without the Berlin Wall
Needless to say, the end of foreign imposed partition is an occasion of joy for any country. Here in Ireland, we look forward to the day when the…
Moslims zijn geen marionetten
Gastauteur: Thijl Sunier ‘Als moslims naar de letter van de wet leven dan zijn ze niet tegen slavernij. Sterker nog, wie de bronnen goed leest weet dat slavernij…
打酱油 | Digital folklore & Tumblr as a research tool
What the notebook adds to this strategy of alliance with the fetishism of commodities, however, is that the very instrument of research is a fetish. In English we…
Amrita Pande, “Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India”
[Cross-posted from New Books in South Asian Studies] Amrita Pande‘s Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India (Columbia University Press 2014) is a beautiful and rich ethnography of … Visit New…
Amrita Pande, “Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India” (Columbia UP, 2014)
Amrita Pande‘s Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India (Columbia University Press 2014) is a beautiful and rich ethnography of a surrogacy clinic. The book details the surrog……
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Fossil addiction: Is there a road to recovery?
Published in Norwegian in Dagbladet, 30 October 2014. There is no shortage of knowledge about global environmental and climate problems. It is necessary, therefore, to ask: Why is…
Fossil addiction: Is there a road to recovery?
Published in Norwegian in Dagbladet, 30 October 2014. There is no shortage of knowledge about global environmental and climate problems. It is necessary, therefore, to ask: Why is…
Fossil addiction: Is there a road to recovery?
Published in Norwegian in Dagbladet, 30 October 2014 There is no shortage of knowledge about global environmental and climate problems. It is necessary, therefore, to ask: Why is…
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 3: Managing Common Pool Resources and the City Energy Project
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger social costs associated with the built environment,…
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 3: Managing Common Pool Resources and the City Energy Project
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger social costs associated with the built environment,…
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 3: Managing Common Pool Resources and the City Energy Project
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger social costs associated with the built environment,…
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 3: Managing Common Pool Resources and the City Energy Project
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger social costs associated with the built environment,…
Policies in Conflict: Dollarisation and Indigenisation in Zimbabwe
By Joseph Noko and Admire Thonje
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…
Thinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a…