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Five Models for Making Sense of Complex Systems
Make this wacky world make sense. By Christina Wodtke.
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The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive
Vintage technology has powered the innards of the NYC subway system for decades—and sometimes, it surfaces in interesting ways. This one’s for you, OS/2 fans. By Andrew Egan.
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Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.
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Hidden Guns and Vermin: PC Refurbishing Nightmares
Horrific tales from real refurbishers prove there’s much worse that can happen to a computer than spilled coffee.
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Belonging to the Universe: Fritjof Capra in Conversation
In this guest edition of The Interview, Vikram Zutshi talks to physicist, activist and author Fritjof Capra. (Apr. 15, 2018)
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She's a model citizen, but she can't hide in China's 'social credit' system
Dandan Fan’s every move will soon be watched and judged by her government, and she’s happy about that. Social credit will unite Big Brother and big data to coerce more than a billion people. By Matthew Carney.
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How I Survived Socialism: A Self-Help Guide for Worried Americans
The regime was harsh, the system absurd but rules made up in Moscow were no match for the individualistic Poles. Magda Romanska’s delightful piece shows us how it was done. Elegantly, of course. (Apr. 22, 2012)
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The Tyrant and His Enablers
How is it possible for a whole country to fall into the hands of a tyrant? According to Shakespeare, it could not happen without widespread complicity. By Stephen Greenblatt.
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Ring the Alarm
The Black Eyed Peas
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Nobody Planned This, Nobody Expected It
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest battle in history. With it came equally superlative stories of how people dealt with risk... By Morgan Housel.
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Blame the Computer
The fake science that keeps threatening to kill us. By Corey Pein.
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‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’
Internal New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority documents show everything we thought we knew about subway delays was wrong. By Aaron Gordon.
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I Am Not a Marxist
Ana Stankovic on the un-tragic wrongness of Marx’s thought.
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Judge dread
Why the US justice system is not fit for purpose. By Clive Stafford Smith.
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The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid
The work of saving the planet is not technical, it’s political. By Benjamin Y. Fong.
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The Death of Edward Herman
We need a new 'Manufacturing Consent.' By Matt Taibbi.
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The Disruptors
Finance isn’t just an industry. It’s a system of social control. By J. W. Mason.
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Why Democracy Didn’t Work in Russia
Masha Gessen's new book traces the rise of repressive nationalism. By Christian Caryl.
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Earliest Known Marine Astrolabe Found in Shipwreck
A mysterious bronze disc found in a shipwreck has finally been identified as the oldest astrolabe on record.
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Saving Orwell
From invading Afghanistan to dismantling Confederate monuments, George Orwell has been pressed into the service of all sorts of causes. But the real Orwell remains unknown. By Peter Ross.
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