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  • 29.03.2009

    Borges and Perec on Classifying Animals

    In his short story "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" Borges famously lists a hilarious classification of animals found in an apocryphal Chinese encyclopedia. In "Penser/Classer" Georges Perec lists an equally hilarious classification drawn from various official documents.

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  • 28.03.2009

    Favela on Blast

    Favela on Blast is set out to do for baile funk what Rize did for krumpin'.

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  • 23.03.2009

    Books I Didn’t Finish

    Life is short and you should cut your losses early and invest your time somewhere else if that’s where you expect to earn a higher return.

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  • 22.03.2009

    Daron Acemoglu: Introduction to Modern Economic Growth

    Introduction to Modern Economic Growth is an exemplary book and a triumph of scholarship. It is impossible to do justice to its achievements in a simple blogpost such as this.

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