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What makes a super team a super team
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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…
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June 2022

Avoiding the Royal Touch
When and how to email important people
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Nate Hanrahan

October 2021

The Turn
A Review of There Is No Antimemetics Division
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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?”
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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…
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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. Next Week: Who Needs Stupid Books…
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May 2021

Snoopy vs The Red Barron vs Land Reform in Asia
Bombers, Asian Economies, and Arbitrary Borders
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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:
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April 2021

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In 2004, MTV and Paramount Pictures released the comedy Napoleon Dynamite. The movie follows the strange home dynamics, love interests, and bullying…
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Nate Hanrahan
The Waffle House Index
This is the 21st installment of 774: Weekly lessons from history about science, technology, and the miscellaneous. This Week: The Waffle House Index The…
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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. Thank you for reading 774 these past 20…
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