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POPSLearn Out Loud This site is fabulous and one of my favourites. When you get tired, why not just lean back and let someone else do the reading for a change. LOTS of stuff here, to make you smarter. Go rummage through the titles. Tons of stuff for FREE and all downloadable. :) I clipped just a few titles at the end (until I ran out of characters) to show you what sort of stuff they offer. Enjoy! .:)
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POPSWelcome to the Clipiversity We were talking recently about how much we learn each day from reading clips on the site. I won't speak for anyone else, but i definitely have learned more from the clips that you all have posted than i did in high school, college and law school combined. Sad, but true. So, Skiff set out to create a fun podcast that highlights some of the interesting clips we find each day. It also gives us an opportunity to weigh in on them. Now you can sit back and listen to highlights from clipmarks on the clipiversity podcast...and don't worry, there will be no pop quizzes...get it, pop ;)
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POPSChristian Zionism: A story everyone should know RABBI MICHAEL LERNER: Well-- I'm hoping we have a few more years here. And I think in the 21st Century the growing wisdom of the American people and of all people is that our well being depends on the well being of everyone else on the planet, and I think that the Israeli population increasingly are coming to understand that their well being depends on the well being of Palestinians and of the Arab world. That there's that fundamental interdependence.
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POPSExecution as human sacrifice A very interesting interview with historian Thomas Cahill where he argues that execution, which shows no deterrent qualities, is not punishment but is likely a deeply held, ancient behavioral need to kill that was acted out in ancient societies as human sacrifices.
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POPSMortage meltdown - the real story is fraud. Wow. Thanks to Christopher S. Penn for pointing this one out to me. He's got an insiders knowledge of the lending industry (he runs the Financial Aid podcast) and incredible insights on his blog. Subscribe to him if you're at all interested in what's going on in this crazy market.
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POPSThe Importance of Self-Deception in Politics Almost nothing is more human and yet more dangerous than the capability for self-deception. When amplified through politics, it has the power to change the course of history. More on this Trivers podcast . "Remember, Jerry: It's not a lie if you believe it" — George Costanza
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POPSDoctorow's "Excuse Network" becomes real Cory Doctorow featured a distributed excuse network exactly like this in his short story I, Robot. You can read or listen to the podcast of the story for free here: http://craphound.com/000189.html In Doctorow's version, you called the number, said what you wanted said, specified who should say it (adult male, etc), and what number they should call. Once in a while, you got a call to do the same. There's nothing to stop this from becoming real, and apparently it's starting to! With an asterix PBX as the hub, you could even easily spoof the number the call was coming from.
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POPS The Internet Phenomena Alphabet Inspired by The Big Lebowski Phonetic Alphabet , grupthink user skrrrriti wrote this article to solicit users to contribute to the Internet Phenomena Alphabet The list is still open. You can add other answers here .
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