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Open Thread

There is no concrete information about a specific news story in this article. It appears to be an introduction or promotion for the website "Reason.com" and its associated publication, Reason magazine. The site describes itself as having…

ACX Survey

Scott Alexander, the author of the Astral Codex Ten blog, is asking readers to take a survey that will help him understand who his audience is and investigate various research hypotheses. The survey has been taken by readers in past years…

Data Center Controversy

A moral panic has emerged over data centers, but according to author Jonah Goldberg, it's unwarranted. The term was first coined by Stanley Cohen in his 1972 book "Folk Devils and Moral Panics". A moral panic occurs when a large number of…

Gaelic Culture Preservation Efforts

John Lorne Campbell, a Scottish scholar, and his American wife Margaret Fay Shaw bought the remote Isle of Canna in 1938. They had already been working on preserving Gaelic culture for years, recording songs, stories, and traditions, which…

Ghana's Food Sovereignty Movement

Abiro Wisdom, a Ghanaian chef, was dissatisfied with the focus on international cuisine during his catering school training in Accra. He joined the Ghana Food Movement (GFM), which aims to promote traditional Ghanaian food, and became a…