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Coulter Mulligan
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Are Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
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Venny Chung • 2 cards
Once the revolution of exploitation is under way, statesmanship and craftsmanship are gradually replaced by salesmanship.
Wendell Berry • The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
In 1885, Boston entrepreneur Andrew Preston* and a partner formed the Boston Fruit Company, with the idea of using fast steamships, rather than sail, to get bananas to market before they spoiled. It was a success: Inexpensive, delicious bananas took the country by storm. By the turn of the century Boston Fruit, which was later merged into the Unite
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At last, the Gloucester caught up to the Pearl, and its officers revealed why they’d been so wary. Several days earlier, while they had been looking for the squadron, they had detected five men-of-war, one of which had hoisted a broad red pendant, signifying that it was Anson’s flagship. In excitement, the Pearl had raced toward the fleet, but whil
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Ty Peterson
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The first word written on the warrant of plunder is Africa.