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NE #1: The Networked Episteme
Introduction The world we know is ending; it is being made anew. And while this is timed to be published ahead of the results of the U.S. Presidential…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
We Have Some Trust Issues
No, a portable polygraph machine is not the answer.
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On Trump: Election Post (We Can Do Better)
I have occasionally posted on social media about the Trump presidency, but haven’t felt moved to write something longer. I am doing so now because I…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
Real Change Might Take Changing The Laws Of “Physics”
Writing about capitalism usually focuses, depending on ideology for this is a deeply ideological topic, on labor, markets and money. In the 20th…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
Coronavirus: What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?
During World War II, the last truly global conflagration, and the most comparable to this one, many fought in the front lines. No expertise was needed…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
NE #2: Cognitive Skills and Affluence
Some time ago I wrote about the effect of technology on how humans communicate. I made the case that these changes are ill-perceived but are so…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
The Deeply Flawed "Giving Pledge"
I wrote this essay more than three years ago, and a recent discussion with a friend about Anand Giridharadas' masterpiece Winner Takes All led me to…
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Ramanan Raghavendran
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