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Du Bois, a 'general strike'. 'The plantation was thus undone by the kernel of truth at the heart of classical political economy: all wealth does ...#ai #amazon #benthambrothers #capitalism #economichistory #exploitationofworkers #herbertspencer #socialhistory #thepanopticon #walmart
How the 18th-century Panopticon inspired today’s giant distribution hubs | The Spectator Australia

How the 18th-century Panopticon inspired today’s giant distribution hubs

The future of work is increasingly on our minds. Now that AI is coming for our jobs, will we end…

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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot Apr 22

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune Herbert Spencer, Josef Pasternack, Charlie Siem, Munich Radio Orchestra & Paul Goodwin: 🎵 Underneath The Stars #BBCRadio3 #HerbertSpencer #JosefPasternack #CharlieSiem #MunichRadioOrchestra #PaulGoodwin

Alan J. Cain Feb 26

The philosopher, biologist, and political theorist Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) has a minor but curious role in the history of mathematical beauty, because of comments he made about Monge’s theorem, which states:

For any three circles in a plane, none contained within another, the intersections of the outside tangents of the three pairs of circles are collinear. (See attached image.)

Spencer said that when he thought of it he was

‘struck by its beauty at the same time that it excites feelings of wonder and of awe: the fact that apparently unrelated circles should in every case be held together by this plexus of relations, seeming so utterly incomprehensible.’

However, Spencer’s reaction of wonder and of awe may ultimately have been born of his limited mathematical ability.

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Wisdom in Space Feb 14, 2025

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sealions #Beach #Galapagos

Wisdom in Space Nov 14, 2024

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer

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⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Clouds #Iowa

Rob Whiting 📓Jun 3, 2024

📕 ‘Penrose 1964-73: The #HerbertSpencer Years.’

A #Kickstarter campaign for an upcoming visual anthology dedicated to honouring Spencer’s legacy as a trailblazer in modern #Typography.

https://designreviewed.com/penrose-1964-73-the-herbert-spencer-years/

Penrose 1964-73 - The Herbert Spencer Years - Design Reviewed

As a champion of graphic design history, I was thrilled to find the upcoming book "Penrose 1964-73: The Herbert Spencer Years," a captivating visual anthology dedicated to honouring Spencer's legacy as a trailblazer in modern typography. Spanning 288 pages, this book commemorates Spencer's influential editorship at the Penrose Annual from 1964 to 1973.

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