Ivar Hagendoorn

Ivar Hagendoorn

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Further Reading

Rem Koolhaas on the danger of turning cities into historical Disneylands. Peter Pomerantsev on information-psychological war. Why Dutch people are so tall. Smart people worry more. The evolution of American popular music between 1960–2010. Interview with Slavoj Zizek. And more.
Jerash
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Jerash

Jerash, Jordan, is the site of the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa. It is pretty awesome and the complex was much larger than I expected.
Jordan
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Jordan

I had a great time travelling around Jordan. It is jam-packed with natural wonders and archaeological sites.
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Further Reading

Why real interest rates are low. Gerhard Richter on the art market bubble. Interview with Rem Koolhaas. Part 2 of Knausgaard’s passage through America. Abhijit Banerjee on what we know and don’t know about microcredit. A strange connection between number theory, algebra and string theory. And more.
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Further Reading

Karl Ove Knausgaard is traveling across America. Interview with John Ioannidis. Interview with Yasmina Reza. The selfish ribosome. In Balanchine’s beautiful forest. Art as an asset class. The idea of two sexes is simplistic. The problem with action movies today. In search of authenticity. And more.
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Further Reading

Luciano Floridi on the philosophy of information. Remy Charlip and the problems of dance notation. Chris Ware interviewed by Jeet Heer. A speech by Karl Ove Knausgaard. 24 pieces of life advice from Werner Herzog. Tim Parks on the limits of satire. Arundhati Roy on the scourge of caste. And more.
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Further Reading

John Kemp on the distinction between breakeven and shut-in prices for oil wells. Stunning aerial photos of NYC at night. Mathematicians have uncovered the four basic rules behind the ancient Japanese art of kirigami. An essay about Srinivasa Ramanujan. An interview with Michel Houellebecq. And more.