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sampling bias Skynet: Trump campaigned like a crappy AI, and now he's governing like one, too Cory Doctorow
eschatology The World Wealth and Income Database: data and visualizations from 110 researchers in 70 countries Cory Doctorow
fuck 2017 Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky's annual State of the World wrangle on The WELL Cory Doctorow
eschatology Normal: Warren Ellis's story of futurists driven mad by staring into the abyss of tomorrow Cory Doctorow
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