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Thread of the best papers and books I read in 2020, roughly in order.
1. Lewin & Cachanosky, "The Average Period of Production: History and Rehabilitation of an Idea"
Good fisking & constructive replacement of the idea of 'roundaboutness' in capital theory. Even though I think they can go further. ↓ https://t.co/LgxNclt1g2 https://t.co/7yI5eVRuWQ
2. O'Hear, "Popperian Individualism Today"
Good, concise statement of an important point:
3. Zero HP Lovecraft - "God Shaped Hole"
I enjoyed last year's "The Gig Economy" better, but this still lives up to the idea of Lovecraftian cosmic horror better than anything the actual Lovecraft ever wrote.
4. Keane, "Sincerity, Modernity, and the Protestants"
Interesting case study of the W.E.I.R.D.ification of a south pacific tribe and how the Protestant converts, unlike the Catholic ones, fundamentally change their relationship to ritual. https://t.co/vYTgufbrU1
1. Lewin & Cachanosky, "The Average Period of Production: History and Rehabilitation of an Idea"
Good fisking & constructive replacement of the idea of 'roundaboutness' in capital theory. Even though I think they can go further. ↓ https://t.co/LgxNclt1g2 https://t.co/7yI5eVRuWQ
2. O'Hear, "Popperian Individualism Today"
Good, concise statement of an important point:
Nice essay on Popper's open society. Bare proceduralism isn't enough to hold together a community; a functional open society is "itself a substantive tradition". https://t.co/pkGddGVdIz pic.twitter.com/7CZLZd4dWw
— Cameron Harwick \U0001f3db (@C_Harwick) April 9, 2020
3. Zero HP Lovecraft - "God Shaped Hole"
I enjoyed last year's "The Gig Economy" better, but this still lives up to the idea of Lovecraftian cosmic horror better than anything the actual Lovecraft ever wrote.
The internet is an ocean that we invent as we explore it. In the murky darkness of virtual places, there could be dragons, shoggoths, leviathans...
— Zero HP Lovecraft (@0x49fa98) November 16, 2019
This is an index of my threads. Start here, with my most ambitious work to date:https://t.co/xd38LvvCxJ
4. Keane, "Sincerity, Modernity, and the Protestants"
Interesting case study of the W.E.I.R.D.ification of a south pacific tribe and how the Protestant converts, unlike the Catholic ones, fundamentally change their relationship to ritual. https://t.co/vYTgufbrU1
I’m still not over the fact that only one black bar applicant who was a first time bar taker and a graduate of an ABA accredited school passed the CA bar exam in February 2020 🥺
It costs on average $15k to study for the bar exam and pay expenses. Because of the racial wealth gap most Black bar applicants have to work while studying in order to pay their fees and living costs. This dramatically decreases their chances of passing the exam.
Here are a few
https://t.co/EXDaCreVrO
https://t.co/LMUFMEWuI8
It costs on average $15k to study for the bar exam and pay expenses. Because of the racial wealth gap most Black bar applicants have to work while studying in order to pay their fees and living costs. This dramatically decreases their chances of passing the exam.
Here are a few
https://t.co/EXDaCreVrO
https://t.co/LMUFMEWuI8