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Seeing and Knowing

Or, you might be thinking, “seeing is believing.” Any survey of Politicolor quickly reveals a certain fascination with SEEING. But, here, seeing is not constrained by our… [/content/images/wordpress/2013/06/animated-blue-cartoon-eyes-hi.png] but is something of another (grey) matter. Our posts have asked what we know from what

The Ballad of Detroit

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jerod Diamond makes an interesting observation about peninsulas: the landform, much like an island, isolates a people. Peninsulas act as a force multiplier, granting a space easier defense, so that a polity might survive invasion by a much more powerful culture.  (Think: Hot Gates and

The American People and an Incredible Machine

With gadget fans across the country talking about the new 3G iPhone [http://gizmodo.com/5014537/can-atts-network-handle-millions-of-data+hogging-3g-iphones] , it’s hard to argue about the innovative spirit of the American people. It’s a fact. We love our machines whether they’re speeding [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/

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