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    543 videos · 2,448 books · 211 blogs · 12 podcasts

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    In Search Of A Flat Earth

    HN treats it as the definitive, compassionate documentary on why people fall into conspiracy theories.

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    18:20

    We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim | Lawrence Lessig

    TED
    314k views • 13 years ago
    6:08

    Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

    NumbersUSA
    6.8M views • 16 years ago
    4:48

    London Swallowed a City but Couldn't Digest It.

    CGP Grey
    8.6M views • 14 years ago
    6:42

    Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes

    carlsagandotcom
    3M views • 17 years ago
    1:21:29

    FULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)

    Nicholas Marshall
    1.3M views • 6 years ago
    58:58

    George Lakoff: Moral Politics

    University of California Television (UCTV)
    201k views • 18 years ago
    34:48

    "You Have the Right to Remain Innocent" (James Duane)

    The Cato Institute
    886k views • 10 years ago
    2:27:49

    8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

    Fall of Civilizations
    41M views • 6 years ago

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    Cover of Halting State2007–2026

    Halting State

    Charles Stross
    40 recommend · 88
    Cover of The Prince2007–2026

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli
    61 recommend · 220
    Cover of Bowling Alone2008–2026

    Bowling Alone

    Robert D. Putnam
    66 recommend · 188
    Cover of Steppenwolf2008–2026

    Steppenwolf

    Herman Hesse
    35 recommend · 55
    Cover of Crime and punishment2007–2026

    Crime and punishment

    113 recommend · 312
    Cover of The machinery of freedom2008–2026

    The machinery of freedom

    David D. Friedman
    37 recommend · 91
    Cover of Technopoly2009–2026

    Technopoly

    Neil Postman
    35 recommend · 96
    Cover of The Coddling of the American Mind2016–2026

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff
    51 recommend · 151
    Cover of Understanding Media2009–2026

    Understanding Media

    Marshall McLuhan
    35 recommend · 106
    Cover of Down and Out in Paris and London2009–2026

    Down and Out in Paris and London

    George Orwell
    50 recommend · 100
    Cover of The Count of Monte Cristo2009–2026

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas
    128 recommend · 323
    Cover of Ishmael2009–2026

    Ishmael

    Daniel Quinn
    48 recommend · 79
    Cover of Republic, lost2011–2023

    Republic, lost

    Lawrence Lessig
    33 recommend · 53
    Cover of The Trial2008–2026

    The Trial

    Franz Kafka
    37 recommend · 150

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    Freddie deBoerfredrikdeboer.com45 people

    Selection bias is the most powerful force in education

    Freddie deBoer
    Personal · last shared 2025
    Popehatpopehat.com432 people

    NSA Codebreaking: I Am The Other

    Popehat
    Publication · last shared 2026
    Mat Lakemanmattlakeman.org58 people

    Notes on Tajikistan

    Mat Lakeman
    Personal · last shared 2026
    Crooked Timbercrookedtimber.org195 people

    Aaron Swartz died three years ago today

    Crooked Timber
    Publication · last shared 2026
    eXileexiledonline.com56 people

    Why the U.S. carrier group is scrap metal

    eXile
    Publication · last shared 2026
    Modern War Institutemwi.usma.edu47 people

    The Most Effective Weapon on the Modern Battlefield Is Concrete

    Modern War Institute
    Publication · last shared 2023
    danah boyddanah.org47 people

    Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace

    danah boyd
    Personal · last shared 2022
    Julia Redajuliareda.eu112 people

    Victory for Net Neutrality in Europe

    Julia Reda
    Personal · last shared 2025

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    The Daily

    The New York Times

    Behind the Bastards

    Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

    The Megyn Kelly Show

    SiriusXM

    This American Life

    This American Life

    American Scandal

    Audible Original

    I Don't Speak German

    IDSG

    On with Kara Swisher

    Vox Media

    You're Wrong About

    Sarah Marshall