…or is it to Erlang Pattern-Matching?

‘It’s important to understand how culture fundamentally shapes how people respond not only to this pandemic, but to future crises as well.’

Have you ever heard a tree scream?

The Hour of Reckoning Is Upon Us We are in the grip of COVID-19 and the most significant social and political unrest in the U.S. since the mid-1960s—what

Understanding Germany’s trade dominance is not easy. The topic is fraught with tough political questions, some of which are hotly debated today (if not necessarily by academics, certainly by …

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At Replit, we want to give our users the most powerful, flexible, and easy-to-get-started coding environment. However, it has been limiting because we only…

How Germany Is Able To Run The World’s Second Largest Export Economy In The Post-Industrial Era “ The Germany Shock ” describes European growth & the efficiency-maximizing centralization of European manufacturing activity after the launch of the Single Market and the Euro . Two questi

Attitude follows action far more often than action follows attitude. We change our mood as a result of how we act. If you want to feel a certain way, begin by acting as if you do. On the other hand…

Look at that banana, just look at it. Bananas are a modern miracle. They’re cheap, nutritious, and readily available. And just about every banana you’ve ever eaten (if you live in the N…

The Order of the Smile (Polish: Order Uśmiechu) is an international award that children give to adults to honor them in their “love, care and aid” for children. This is the only award that exists i…

Natural anonymity comes from our ability to recognize others without the aid of an external identity system. Online interactions will only be able to mirror life-like anonymity when we can use decentralized identity systems that don't force all interactions to be under the purview of centralized, administrative identity systems.

Count the number of companies you pay regularly for anything. Add up what you pay for all of them. Then think about the time you spend trying and failing to “manage” any of it—especiall…

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As I wrote in my recent reflections about the range of projects I helped to deliver during my time at the Open Data Institute and beyond, I’ve been thinking about the type of work I want to b…

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Voltek’s approach to wiring buildings for the future involves a much greener design by distributing direct power over low voltage cabling.

Why we can’t have nice things.

Or: How Fantasy Football taught me not to do virtual paperwork

Fossil apes can inform us about essential aspects of ape and human evolution, including the nature of our last common ancestor. In the 150 years since Charles Darwin speculated that humans originated in Africa, the number of species in the human family tree has exploded, but so has the level of d

Serbia’s recent celebrations of Victory Day in World War II show how the ruling Progressive Party is manipulating the legacy of the Communist Partisans’ struggle against fascism for its own national political purposes.

Who’s a better student? The one with a 3.95 GPA or the one with 3.96? Neither or both, actually. These metrics are foolishly and incorrectly precise. The decisions that led to this average ha…

Feeling connected and validated by experiences that mirror your own can help you understand how to conquer, or at least endure, times of struggle. But what if your struggle looks more like achievem…