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Local hands building local networks. Policy advisor @mozilla Consultant https://t.co/7yyxRbjAY5 Collaborator @nsrcworld Founder @villagetelco @stevesong@mastodon.cloud

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Book Cover for: Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, Branko Milanovic

Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World

Branko Milanovic
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- Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman - The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner - Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong by Morten Jerven - Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic

Paperback, 2021

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber
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Douglas Adams is the gift that keeps on giving. When David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs came out, I thought of the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B. Now when I read about NFTs, I think about those same Ark B folk and their decision to use leaves as currency https://t.co/vHV9m6ewjZ

Paperback, 2019

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sneetches: And Other Stories, Dr Seuss

The Sneetches: And Other Stories

Dr Seuss
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I wonder if the Blue Checkmark will be come like the stars in Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches. Perhaps it is now more fashionable not to have one. The burning question is: Who is Sylvester McMonkey McBean in this scenario?

Hardcover, 1961

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, Iain McGilchrist

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Iain McGilchrist
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@pranesh @sunil_abraham Reading Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary really brought this home for me (not that I agree with all of his conclusions) https://t.co/jRaOFvwiGG

Paperback, 2019

$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong, Assistant Professor Morten Jerven

Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong

Assistant Professor Morten Jerven
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- Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman - The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner - Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong by Morten Jerven - Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic

Paperback, 2015

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences, Shannon Mattern

A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences

Shannon Mattern
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Smart Cities, Bad Metaphors, and a Better Urban Future. A review of @shannonmattern’s new book: A City Is Not a Computer. On my reading list! https://www.wired.com/story/smart-cities-bad-metaphors-and-a-better-urban-future/ It is long past time to put the term "smart cities" to rest. Perhaps we can inter it alongside "dumb pipes".

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, Robert L. Heilbroner

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers

Robert L. Heilbroner
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- Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman - The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner - Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong by Morten Jerven - Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic

Paperback, 1999

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book