Cependant toute l’activité littéraire de Maupassant, jusqu’en 1880, ne se résume pas dans ces
deux livres, dont l’un au moins lui révéla sa vocation en lui apportant presque la gloire. La poésie
et la nouvelle ne sont pas les deux seuls genres
dans lesquels il se soit essayé avant de choisir celui
qui était le plus conforme à son…
— Édouard Maynial
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I. Introduction
II. Avant-Propos par M. Louis ROUGIER
I. — Allocutions
III. Allocution d’ouverture du Congrès, par M. Louis ROUGIER
IV. The Congress of scientific Philosophy, par M. Bertrand RUSSELL
V. Allocution de M. ENRIQUES
VI. Allocution inaugurale, par M. Philipp FRANK
VII. Ansprache bei der Begruessungssitzung des Pariser-Kongresses, par…
— Alessandro Padoa
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Advantage of planning posts in advance: they get posted.
Disadvantage when I’m too busy: I can’t announce them.
So here’s a two-for-one, part 1:
https://jetse.substack.com/p/consciousness-as-a-survival-mechanism-a18
"[Civil rights activist Jesse] Jackson’s presence on that call wasn’t as a technologist.
What he brought was something absolutely crucial to the case for change: the weight of history, the reminder that every incremental gain was earned through struggle, and the insistence that measurable progress, however imperfect, beats performative concern."
https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/jesse-jacksons-legacy-on-civil-rights-and-technology/
"Wrinkles are intrinsic to us. Our epidermal topography is covered with countless “imperfections” that have formed in the same way as the hills, mountains, and peaks of our land."
https://none-dc.neocities.org/Essays/Works/Arrugas/
"Arrugas en la piel, arrugas en el alma… Las arrugas son algo intrínseco a nosotros. Nuestra topografía epidérmica esta provista de innumerables “imperfecciones” que se han ido formando de la misma manera en la que se formaron los cerros, montes y montañas de nuestra patria"
- Arrugas (Ensayo)
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"Wrinkles on the skin, wrinkles on the soul… Wrinkles are intrinsic to us. Our epidermal topography is covered with countless “imperfections” that have formed in the same way as the hills, mountains, and peaks of our land."
- Wrinkles (Essay)
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"The Japanese love cars, but they take trains because they have the best railway system in the world. And their system excels because of good public policy: business structure, land use rules, driving rules, superior models for privatization, and sound regulation have given Japan its outstanding railways."
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-japan-has-such-good-railways/
"I expected connectivity like I expected air."
Laura J. Martin for Noema: https://www.noemamag.com/limiting-not-just-screen-time-but-screen-space/
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