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Stop Here. And Look.

Devin Short Lady Science
The labor pattern ECP scientists envisioned treated the new systems as super-charged desk calculators operated by people like Snyder who, they believed, would not create new knowledge. 

How the Mexican Revolution Made John Reed a Red

Meagan Day Convergence
John Reed’s thrilling dispatches from the front lines of the Mexican Revolution could have made him a pop culture celebrity. Instead, the experience made him a committed socialist.

Neither Grandmaster Yields In A Chess Tug Of War

Oliver Roeder FiveThirtyEight
A testament to the deep preparation and precise execution of the game’s master craftsmen — a drawn tug of war not between weaklings but between Goliaths.

Our New Art ‘Appreciation,’ Billionaire-Style

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org
Aren't museums the rich donate to bringing art to the people? In fact, these days, the rich aren’t taking art to the people. They’re taking art from the people and plopping it into storage vaults that the world’s wealthy use to dodge sales taxes.
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