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Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
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Hidden History
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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