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Religious movements can be understood as platforms that govern communities and take a share of the value they create.Their words
I then draw on recent platform-economics models to reinterpret religious movements as platforms: organizations that facilitate and govern relationships—most notably communities—and appropriate a share of the value generated by these interactions.
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From one piece Jane Austen born 250 years ago today: a tragic Marxist feminist? 6 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A summary of Jane Austen’s view of life might be that she is a courageously tragic Marxist feminist. Feminist because her female characters are more interesting than her male ones. Marxist because economic circumstances determine everything else: nobody can enjoy a worthwhile life without prosperity.
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Jane Austen’s view of the desirable qualities in a man is dominated by the importance of emotional faithfulness. Almost nothing else matters. Even kindness comes nowhere in comparison.
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Jane Austen was herself a serious snob.Their words
Jane Austen is usually celebrated for mocking her most snobbish characters, but she is a serious snob herself.
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Persuasion is a badly plotted novel.Their words
P is badly plotted, with characters even more stereotyped than usual.
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Emma is the best of Jane Austen's novels.Their words
E is the novel that comes out best from the close comparison with the others.
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Adam Smith’s waspish observations in Book 5 of The Wealth of Nations about the idleness of Anglican clergymen are stunningly corroborated by Jane Austen.
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The Origins of VirtueTheir words
I think the best analogy that applies to Ridley’s The Origins of Virtue is with doctors studying the human body.
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Peacemaking Among PrimatesTheir words
Peacemaking Among Primates says that fighting and reconciliation are not incomprehensible pathologies of modern society.
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