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The Alpine Review began in 2012 as a conceptually bold, ad-free print magazine which set out to explore topics of significance at a pace conducive to deep consideration and reflection on the turbulent sea of change we all live in.
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The algorithm that made Bitcoin possible provides a handy fix for the all-too-human problem of trust. Imagined to its extreme, it might make possible the libertarian’s wet dream: the end of the nation state. Gulp.
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Anchored in high craftsmanship, sober aesthetic with an eclectic touch, Shinola looks to rejuvenate an ancient tradition in the birthplace of American industrialism: Detroit, Mi.
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Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Greatest Hits
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move — on unemployment and technology.
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The road to fossil fuel transition is paved with complicated questions related to growth and scale. Scaling works well in periods of energy ‘ascent,’ when the supply of energy increases, but less in periods of energy ‘descent.
