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Facebook on its 10th birthday

Filed in Media by on February 4, 2014 2 Comments
Facebook on its 10th birthday

Jemima Kiss reports on the first ten years of Facebook, which was launched from Mark Zuckerberg’s student digs on 4 February 2004. By the end of 2013, Facebook was being used by 1.23 billion users […]

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Horcruxes, technology addiction, and the search for personal wholeness

Filed in Media by on November 25, 2013 6 Comments
Horcruxes, technology addiction, and the search for personal wholeness

Just in case you don’t know what a Horcrux is: Slughorn: “Well, well, it can’t hurt to give you an overview, of course. Just so that you understand the term. A Horcrux is the word […]

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The perfect size for a community is…

Filed in Ethics by on September 6, 2013 0 Comments
The perfect size for a community is…

The perfect size for a community (whether a village, a religious congregation, or a military unit) is… 150. How do we know? Primates live in groups, which allows them to solve problems together and reduce the […]

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