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Mondello Empire of Greed

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Gary Pennycroft designed a board game about ownership—and then used it to design a city.He called the game Mondello.Every rule rewarded wealth. Every move punished the poor.Winning meant taking until there was nothing left to take.Then Pennycroft took the logic off the board and into the streets.Neighborhoods were renamed. Housing became "assets."Entire communities erased beneath the promise of ... Read more

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Gary Pennycroft designed a board game about ownership—and then used it to design a city.He called the game Mondello.Every rule rewarded wealth. Every move punished the poor.Winning meant taking until there was nothing left to take.Then Pennycroft took the logic off the board and into the streets.Neighborhoods were renamed. Housing became "assets."Entire communities erased beneath the promise of
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Thousand Cups of Rice

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You are only a few remaining skeletons after the invasion of East Asia for the past few centuries and are pitiful victims. We will build the railroad if we have to {build} it over the white man's body. If you want anything, you will have to come through me. . . . and there will be many of you who will not see your homes again. Work cheerfully at my command.-Lt. Col. Y. Nagatomo, Chief, No. 3 ... Read more

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Experimental Philosophy for Beginners

A Gentle Introduction to Methods and Tools

by Stephan Kornmesser, Alexander Max Bauer, Mark Alfano, Aurélien Allard, Lucien Baumgartner, Florian Cova, Paul Engelhardt, Eugen Fischer, Henrike Meyer, Kevin Reuter, Justin Sytsma, Kyle Thompson, Marc Wyszynski ...

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This graduate textbook provides a basic introduction to experimental philosophy (x-phi). In nine chapters, different methods and tools used in X-Phi are explained, spanning quantitative vignette studies, interactive experiments, corpus analysis, psycholinguistic experiments as well as qualitative interview studies. Each chapter introduces a specific experimental method by means of a case study in ... Read more

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This graduate textbook provides a basic introduction to experimental philosophy (x-phi). In nine chapters, different methods and tools used in X-Phi are explained, spanning quantitative vignette studies, interactive experiments, corpus analysis, psycholinguistic experiments as well as qualitative interview studies. Each chapter introduces a specific experimental method by means of a case study in
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Bitcoin first appeared in 2009, and it's already challenging everything we've come to accept about money, financial institutions, and even government. The digital currency can be nearly anonymous. And it can be traded internationally—without the fees, government regulation, and bank oversight of paper money. But Bitcoin is still risky. Its value fluctuates wildly. More than $400 million of it ... Read more

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Little is known and much less has been written about the Malayan theatre of operations of SOE from 1942-45. In this, his second book, Ian Trenowden, working closely with the wartime commander of Force 136, Group B, has built up a surprisingly complete picture of those operations and traces the evolution of the local SOE headquarters from a single desk in London’s Baker Street to the independent ... Read more

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End of Money

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For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money -- to say nothing of its value -- is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet.Wolman begins ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of AmericaIn this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true ... Read more

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A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques. The book follows the structure of a research project, guiding the reader through the steps involved in collecting and processing data, and providing a solid foundation for linguistic analysis. All major research ... Read more

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