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1980s Jane Jacobs on Cities, States, and City-States
A review of ‘Cities and the Wealth of Nations’ and ‘The Question of Separatism’ 🏙️
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A Song of Proto-Industrialization
The industrial quasi-revolution of Song dynasty China 🧧
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Two New Ways for the French to Be Smug About Food
Bringing cultural ancestry and demography into the French vs. American cuisine debate 🍟
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Common Tech Jobs Described as Cabals of Mesoamerican Wizards
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Remaining Ambitious
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We Rarely Lose Technology
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Reinvent the Wheel
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Nothing Is Inherently Obvious
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Family Curses Are Real
And not easily defeated 👩‍👧
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You Can't Overuse the Word ‘Friend’
The case for being generous when giving out friendship status 🧡
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In Defense of Tech Trees
They're a good form of 2D history; also I think we should build the master tree! 🌳
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Toronto as Utopia
Musings on a uniquely unique city 🇨🇦
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Crazy Science Idea: Tell People Something Is Possible When You Actually Have No Clue
In which I also, uh, accidentally defend scientific fraud 🕴️
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I Wrote Half a Book About Phantom Islands and Then Discovered I Was Scooped Seven Years Ago
Whatever, my book will be better anyway 🏝️
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French 1790s Disco, and Other Excesses
In favor of extravagant outbursts of culture 🪩
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