774

Not a Basketball Post

What makes a super team a super team

Jul 15, 2022 • 

Nate Hanrahan

Ex Machina

Modern man has formed a curiously distorted picture of himself, by interpreting his early history in terms of his present interests in making machines…

Jul 4, 2022 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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June 2022

Avoiding the Royal Touch

When and how to email important people

Jun 22, 2022 • 

Nate Hanrahan

October 2021

The Turn

A Review of There Is No Antimemetics Division

Oct 7, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

July 2021

"I may have committed some light fraud."

A month ago The Atlantic released an article titled “Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud?”

Jul 31, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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Friends In High Places

On Tuesday mornings in the 1930s, one could enter an Oxford pub called The Eagle and Child and find a group of six to eight rowdy, but well-dressed men…

Jul 19, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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Chutes and Nuclear Escalation Ladders

This is the 25th installment of 774: Weekly lessons from history about science, technology, and the miscellaneous.

Jul 4, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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May 2021

Snoopy vs The Red Barron vs Land Reform in Asia

Bombers, Asian Economies, and Arbitrary Borders

May 18, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

"Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone!"

Next Week: Who Needs Stupid Books? This Week: “Hey! Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone!” Charles Goodhart, a British economist, wrote of Monetary Policy:

May 8, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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April 2021

+ or -

In 2004, MTV and Paramount Pictures released the comedy Napoleon Dynamite. The movie follows the strange home dynamics, love interests, and bullying…

Apr 24, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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The Waffle House Index

This is the 21st installment of 774: Weekly lessons from history about science, technology, and the miscellaneous.

Apr 17, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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There's Money in the Banana Stand

This is the 20th installment of 774: Weekly lessons from history about science, technology, and innovation.

Apr 3, 2021 • 

Nate Hanrahan

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