#Societies

Real talk:Municipally we have the least amount of money & provide the greatest amount of services.We’re the front line of govt but have to cajole finances from ideologically driven levels
Read more
Responding to @TomRosenstiel 's thread about @WesleyLowery's piece in @nytimes on journalistic objectivity. https://twitter.com/irwin/status/1275785628018528256?s=20 First of all, this thread is catnip to me, so thank you, Tom. A co
Read more
Great review of the latest Banaji by @_TimBarker, pushing back against the Brennerite consensus and its neglect of merchant capital. But not sure the book will shake my belief in
Read more
Most Westerners have never been a part of a traditional society or seen one function. However my background let me watch a traditional agrarian Catholic society transition into modernity.And it
Read more
I am so proud of my first paper as corresponding author! And on a topic I am SURE I'll work on for the rest of my life: the need to
Read more
“… newly released statistics from the US Dept of Labor for the third quarter of 2020 undermine this narrative. Asian women have now surpassed white men in weekly earnings...These outcomes
Read more
Ambedkar was repeatedly humiliated early on because he was born a Mahar. Eating, drinking, renting - everything was impacted. But there were exceptions. The name Ambedkar was given by a
Read more
It's remarkable how perfectly Covid-19 slotted into all of the worst tendencies and most malevolent trends in Western politics. It made every bad trend much worse. It was rocket fuel
Read more
I recently learned about We’wha, a 19th century craftsperson and ambassador of the Zuni people. We’wha was a “lhamana”—an individual born male who takes on female roles—and their story is
Read more
Imagine trying to use this "figure it out from inferential reasoning" method on some other piece of obsolete cultural knowledgeLike how to drive a stick shifthttps://twitter.com/AmeliaRoseWrite/status/1345695641343705090 I wouldn&
Read more
“History shows when extremist movements coalesce around a charismatic leader who focuses their anger..a tipping point is reached where extreme rhetoric is turned into violent action..violence tends to escalate unless..leadership
Read more
Sometimes you see something - a video from a long time ago, or a picture of an old building, or even just of people from another age - which really
Read more
An interesting conclusion from the #Polyamory thread: in the past, even societies had significant differences in fertility between different people. This was partly achieved with a huge infant mortality rate
Read more
THREAD: Reasons why Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2017) does not fit in the Star Wars Legends timeline. In Legends, Adi Gallia was killed in battle with General Grievous, as
Read more
1. A belief structure shared by a society doesn't have to be officially recognized as a religion in order to effectively be a religion 2. Religions define concepts of good
Read more
77% of respondents rate the PM's performance as "outstanding" or "good."For those of us in the diaspora who get our news re: India primarily from American/British news services and "South
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.