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• “In confrontation with entities that we encounter for the first time or do not have enough appreciation of their complexity, we approach from the most accessible angle we can understand.”

  

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  The Rule of "The Most Accessible" and how it can make you feel better

  byterot.blogspot.co.uk

  I remember when I was a kid, I watched a documentary on how to catch a monkey. Basically you dig a hole in a tree, big enough for a stretched monkey …

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  Ways to think about cars

  ben-evans.com - Benedict Evans

  Cars are going to change a lot in the next few decades. Electricity on one hand and software on the other change what a car is, how it gets made and …

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  The Coddling of the American Mind

  The Atlantic - Greg Lukianoff

  In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health. Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and …

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  The Container Ship Tourism Industry

  Atlas Obscura - Andy Wright

  Container ships preparing to leave Algeciras, Spain. (Photo: Alex Proimos/WikiCommons CC BY 2.0) Robert Rieffel was strolling with his wife and …

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  Does Puerto Rico Really Want to be the 51st State?

  governing.com - Zach Patton

  It’s easy to feel like everything’s swell in San Juan. Driving through the neighborhoods of the Puerto Rican capital -- touristy Old San Juan, with …

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  Haberstroh: The NBA's 35-year war over the 3

  go.com