#Societies

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

CafeEconomics

1. Today is the 125th death anniversary of Gopal Ganesh Agarkar — liberal, rationalist, social reformer, crusader for individual rights, fearless writer. This bilingual thread is on his battles on

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

"This is a moment for all of us to reflect on the toll the pandemic has taken, the progress we have made, the lessons we have learned and what we

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

Folks saying that $2000 a month is the minimum someone needs, please consider that, assuming 18% tax, comes to a $14/hr full time job.Nearly twice the minimum wage. I didn't

Brian D. Earp

briandavidearp

OK folks, time for another thread. This doctor, @DrChaya, is apparently running for Senate against @SenatorCollins (https://bit.ly/2TsgmSd ). I was copied into a thread where someone had drawn a comparison between

MetaMick

metamick14

Just read The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. Man, what a timely book. It asks what can history teach us about civilizations.TL;DR: they thrive in the balance

Ben Williamson

BenPatrickWill

Economics has all the explanations and the solutions in education right now. From "learning loss" as long term GDP reduction to edtech as its cure, there is a certain style

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update June 22: In a lot of ways, COVID-19 is forcing us to answer the question— what kind of society are we?Particulatly as the healthy, white & well off

Eric Garland

ericgarland

How Semion Mogilevich and Vladimir Putin's rogue strategic gamble has ended Russia as a modern nation - forever. Strap your straps in, kids: this one's for the history books. We'll

Santa Fe Institute

sfiscience

"To keep from getting tunnel vision, we need to manage our information flows."Our 1st speaker for this year's #AppliedComplexity Network Symposium is columnist, author, and anthropologist @gilliantett, Chair of @FT

Katherine J. Haxton

kjhaxton

There seems to be some disagreement on whether undergraduate chemists should receive training in ethics as part of their undergraduate degree. It occurs to me that people may not fully

Baldaccio d'Anghiari

Autiauto

THREAD on Strauss’ Epilogue: I promised awhile ago a thread on why one should read Leo Strauss. I’ll probably make a more general thread on that, but 1st, here is

#LindaKatiba #RejectBBI Karanja Matindi 🇰🇪

KaranjaMatindi

Living under black colonialists. A Thread.When pple say Kenya is still a colony & that many of the state's institutions, esp. the govt., behave pretty much like the British colonialists,

Lumière

Lumiere_LLL

Fascism & The Jewish Question: A ThreadFascism is the most misunderstood political stance ever. Left-wingers and right-wingers keep accusing each other of being Fascists while no actual Fascism exists and

Radigan Carter

radigancarter

I have a different take on bitcoin, tether, and dollarsCan also speak with authority on nation state violence"Nothing makes you feel more free than taking another person's freedom"https://twitter.com/coloradotravis/status/1351

W. Gyude Moore

gyude_moore

Congratulations to @POTUS. Joining my voice to other Africans at home and in the Diaspora who hope for a better, more substantive engagement. We're rooting for you and hope you

Ayesha Shahid

ayesharshahid

I wrote a piece of twice the length than what was published; and so leaving some after thoughts in this thread about the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and some

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