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[Dead Ideas] “Russian Serfdom V: Soviet Workfarm vs. Serf Commune: An Interview with Kristaps Andrejsons”, by B. T. Newberg
How did the Soviet kolkhoz, or collective farm, stack up against the serf commune? Here to help us understand is Kristaps Andrejsons from the podcast The Eastern Border. Also, it’s my birthday! Yay!
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Read More[Dead Ideas] “Russian Serfdom IV: Stories of Serf and Master”, by B. T. Newberg
What was the relationship like between serf and master? Hear chilling first-hand accounts from 19th-century serf autobiographies!
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Read MoreThis Summer’s Eclipse will be Beyond Words!
The total eclipse this August 21st will hold dozens of millions of people in awe (including both Americans and eclipse chasers), and will be the most photographed, selfied, live streamed, and documented moment in the history of the Universe up to now, as far as we know. What will I do during those 100 or so sacred seconds? Will I prepare a ritual? Just revel in it? Hug my kids? I have no idea yet. All religions have sacred times and sacred places. For many of us (and certainly me), this will be one of those most sacred times. What will those 90 seconds be like for you? I don’t think that can be predicted – we can’t decide when the sacred will touch us.
Read More[Dead Ideas] “Russian Serfdom III: The Draft and Marriage Negotiations – RPG”, by B. T. Newberg
Experience the horrors of the military draft and the joys (?) of marriage on a Russian serf commune in this role-playing game episode.
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Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff. Map by Adam McKithern. Maps, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net.
Read More[A Pedagogy of Gaia] An Equinox Paradox, by Bart Everson
From a photo by Sean Benham, licensed under Creative Commons. I thought I spotted something in the ligustrum tree that grows behind our house. “Is that a nest?” I asked my wife. She’s a better naturalist than I. “No way,”…
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