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undersea cable
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160 books
first published 31 Dec 1985 added 15 Oct 2020
first published 31 Dec 1985 added 15 Oct 2020
a cable laid on the sea bed to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean
dark matter
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282 books
first published 12 Sep 1985
first published 12 Sep 1985
mysterious non-luminous matter (and/or radiation) comprising most of the matter in our observable universe
supervolcano
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39 books
first published 12 Sep 1985
first published 12 Sep 1985
a volcano that has had an eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, the largest value on the index
low earth orbit
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162 books
first published 2 Jan 1985 added 15 Oct 2020
first published 2 Jan 1985 added 15 Oct 2020
orbit around Earth with an altitude between 160 kilometers and 2,000 kilometers
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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78 books
first published 1985 added 29 Dec 2016
first published 1985 added 29 Dec 2016
process leading to the late-1991 breakup of the USSR
social intelligence
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158 books
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 6 Apr 2018
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 6 Apr 2018
Capacity to know oneself and to know others
Brownian motion
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142 books
first published 1 Jun 1984
first published 1 Jun 1984
random motion of particles suspended in a fluid, observed microscopically
open immigration
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42 books
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2022
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2022
View that people may live in any country
Alvin Toffler
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119 books
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2021
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 2 Nov 2021
American writer and futurist
person
intentional community
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80 books
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 31 May 2023
first published 1 Jun 1984 added 31 May 2023
planned, socially-cohesive, residential community
air gap
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92 books
first published 1 Mar 1984 added 4 Oct 2023
first published 1 Mar 1984 added 4 Oct 2023
security measure to isolate computer or network from unsecured networks
haute cuisine
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216 books
first published 1 Mar 1984
first published 1 Mar 1984
a style of cooking characterized by elaborate preparation and presentation, often associated with French culinary traditions.
Neal Stephenson
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131 books
first published 2 Jan 1984 added 4 Mar 2023
first published 2 Jan 1984 added 4 Mar 2023
American science fiction writer
operational security
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131 books
first published 2 Jan 1984 added 22 Feb 2022
first published 2 Jan 1984 added 22 Feb 2022
a risk management process that encourages managers to view operations from the perspective of an adversary to protect sensitive information
LNG terminal
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13 books
first published 2 Jan 1984
first published 2 Jan 1984
facility for managing the export and/or import of liquefied natural gas
wikimedia commons
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136 books
first published 1984
first published 1984
online repository of free-use image, sound, and other media files; part of the Wikimedia ecosystem
Norman Macrae
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21 books
first published 1984 added 3 Nov 2017
first published 1984 added 3 Nov 2017
British economist and journalist (1923–2010)
technological unemployment
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119 books
first published 1984 added 11 Mar 2024
first published 1984 added 11 Mar 2024
unemployment primarily caused by technological change
Everything should be made as simple as possible
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30 books
first published 1984 added 19 Feb 2017
first published 1984 added 19 Feb 2017
The Wisdom of Crowds
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181 books
first published 1984
first published 1984
a book by James Surowiecki that explores the idea that large groups of people are often smarter than the smartest individuals within them when it comes to problem-solving.
iterative process
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212 books
first published 1984
first published 1984
numerical method in which the n-th approximation of the solution is obtained on the basis on the (n-1) previous approximations
Richard Stallman
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107 books
first published 1984
first published 1984
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
the built environment
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225 books
first published 1984
first published 1984
the human-made spaces in which people live, work, and interact, including buildings, parks, and transportation systems.
late capitalism
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141 books
first published 1 Nov 1983
first published 1 Nov 1983
Ideas concerning the potential end of capitalism
capitalism
airline deregulation
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53 books
first published 1 Nov 1983
first published 1 Nov 1983
removal of government controls on airline industry
Ayatollah Khomeini
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190 books
first published 24 Feb 1983
first published 24 Feb 1983
an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader who led the 1979 Iranian Revolution and became the country's Supreme Leader.
person
Milgram experiment
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78 books
first published 1983
first published 1983
series of social psychology experiments, studying obedience to authority figures
school choice
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85 books
first published 1983
first published 1983
arrangements giving parents the facility to choose schools for their children
Tragedy of the Commons
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242 books
first published 1982 added 25 Oct 2021
first published 1982 added 25 Oct 2021
self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
Recombinant DNA
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89 books
first published 1982 added 16 Nov 2021
first published 1982 added 16 Nov 2021
DNA molecules formed by laboratory methods
assortative mating
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70 books
first published 1982 added 11 Aug 2017
first published 1982 added 11 Aug 2017
the tendency of individuals to mate with those who have similar traits
Douglas Hofstadter
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87 books
first published 1982
first published 1982
an American professor known for his work on consciousness, artificial intelligence, and the book 'Gödel, Escher, Bach'
Peter Pan Syndrome
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12 books
first published 1982 added 27 Oct 2021
first published 1982 added 27 Oct 2021
a term referring to adults who refuse to grow up and take on responsibilities, instead maintaining childlike attitudes and behaviours.
yield curve
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148 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
curve showing several interest rates across different contract lengths for a similar debt contract
Frances Cairncross
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24 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 6 Dec 2023
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 6 Dec 2023
British journalist and economist (1944-)
Solyndra
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47 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 21 Sep 2022
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 21 Sep 2022
a solar panel manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy, controversial for receiving government loans
hub-and-spoke system
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95 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 30 Oct 2023
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 30 Oct 2023
form of transport topology optimization in which traffic planners organize routes as a series of "spokes" that connect outlying points to a central "hub"
money: store of value / unit of account / medium of exchange
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73 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
George Gilder
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113 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
an American investor, writer, and economist known for his views on technology and economics
person
paradox of thrift
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47 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
economic paradox that an increase in autonomous saving decreases aggregate demand and thus gross output, which will in turn lower total saving
inverted yield curve
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24 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 19 Jun 2022
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 19 Jun 2022
an interest rate environment where long-term debt instruments have lower yield than short-term debt instruments, often seen as an indicator of an impending recession.
crony capitalism
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191 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
capitalism featuring undue alliances between business interests and politicians
capitalism
accelerated depreciation
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34 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 26 Oct 2021
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 26 Oct 2021
accounting method for faster asset cost write-off
capital controls
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242 books
first published 30 Apr 1981
first published 30 Apr 1981
monetary policy limiting transfer of assets in or out of a country
moving assembly line
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58 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 30 Oct 2023
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 30 Oct 2023
manufacturing technology where an unfinished product is moved from workstation to workstation where work steps are performed or parts are added in sequence until the product is complete
Edward Said
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104 books
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 5 Nov 2024
first published 30 Apr 1981 added 5 Nov 2024
Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist
person
