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The belief that the Pope is God's ambassador is not fully reconciled with modern democratic and geopolitical views.Their words
I think what it actually highlights is the incomplete reconciliation of a belief system in which the Pope is God's ambassador with modern democratic and geopolitical perceptions.
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Adapting old buildings radically to the new climate must take priority over preserving their historic fabric.Their words
Insuring (in many cases, permitting) radical adaptation of old buildings to new climate is going to be a necessary struggle, starting now. The mindset which protects dodgy Victorian brickwork slapped over an older structure as vital architectural history must yield to livability.
24 June
From one piece @nickharkaway.com on Bluesky 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A representative government has to actually govern.Their words
If we have representative government rather than direct democracy, it has to govern.
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it always annoys me when we change PM without an election. It feels like a swizz.
5 June
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the idea that we should, in a global climate of rising Fascism, panic about the illiberal left, just seems a bit like Indiana Jones in sitting a snake pit fretting about nettles.
4 June
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But it was a hope that tarnished, and he is partly responsible for where we are. He is emphatically the man for 1997, and that’s where he should stay.
1 June
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If you are doing a human authorship certification - and god knows, in practice, how you’ll make that work - then do it.
8 May
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I’m increasingly sure we underestimate both how important interactions like that are and how toxic some layers of social life have become.
7 May
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Seriously starting to think this whole AI bullshit cycle exists because a combination of (cross-)cultural factors have made a huge portion of the world so fucking lonely they will literally talk to a lolly stick and too ashamed to acknowledge their own pain.
23 May 2012
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Predictably IrrationalTheir words
Predictably Irrational is an examination of the way in which we make decisions irrationally, and how that irrationality can be predicted.
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Tweets from TahrirTheir words
Tweets from Tahrir is a document that could not have existed before the digital age.
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The Wealth and Poverty of NationsTheir words
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is filled with wonderful sketches of things like that, which are old but incredibly relevant now.
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On Art and LifeTheir words
That debate is very central, and On Art and Life is a very short, Penguin Ideas book about Ruskin which will bring you into it.
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CryptonomiconTheir words
Cryptonomicon is a real humdinger of a novel.
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