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“Many contemporary #socialscience approaches ignore the #coevolutionary framework, instead focusing too much on linear regressions. Our world is better understood through #complex #reciprocal #interactions.” (More from the #BrianKlaas piece on #coevolution) open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
"Good Heavens what insect can ... -
Individualism is a mirage.
Connection defines us.This book is good.
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I’m going to keep skeeting this piece by #BrianKlaas because it’s so good & so important: “Given that democracy relies on a shared sense of reality … the splintering of that shared reality is arguably the most serious overarching problem facing American #democracy” open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
The Democratization of Informa... -
Another completely fascinating piece from Brian Klaas on "How the World Sped Up," and the implications for all of us - stretching from Julius Caesar to a 19th-century scam artist to modern-day, fiber-optic cables on the trading floor, and beyond.
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Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
From Brian Klaas, Associate Professor of Global Politics at University College London, Contributing Writer for The Atlantic, author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us, and Creator/Host of the award-winning Power Corrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can read the article here:
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-bluetooth-viking-and-the-scattered?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2And here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
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"Late Friday night, the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president—insinuated that America's top general deserves to be put to death. That extraordinary sentence would be unthinkable in any other rich democracy."
~ Brian Klaas
#Trump #violence #authoritarianism #MediaFail #normalization #BrianKlaas
/1https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/trump-milley-execution-incitement-violence/675435/
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Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaasAnd here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
#TomScott -
"Too many journalists still wrongly believe their goal should be “balance.” It shouldn’t. It should be objectivity. If something is untrue, the press needs to say so, in clear language, even if one partisan group wrongly believes the lie to be true."
#journalism #Republicans #BrianKlaas
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Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaasAnd here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
#TomScott -
Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaasAnd here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
#TomScott -
Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaasAnd here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
#TomScott -
Hello Fellow Mastodonians!
Bluetooth — Ever wonder where that name came from?
The origin story of the name "Bluetooth" and the logo used for that technology is a fascinating tale that connects Viking history, the English civil war, and a curious saga of scattered bones.
ICYMI — author Brian Klaas, Associate Prof. in Global Politics at UCL. Author: CORRUPTIBLE: Who Gets Power & How it Changes Us. Contributing writer at The Atlantic. Host of the PowerCorrupts podcast.
It’s a fun and fascinating dive into the origin story of the ubiquitous connectivity protocol named after a long-forgotten Viking king.
You can subscribe to Brian’s substack and read the article here:
https://substack.com/profile/2719594-brian-klaasAnd here's a fun video explanation from Tom Scott, "Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo@brianklaas
#Bluetooth
#BrianKlaas
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