spaced repetition
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7 books
first published
31 Mar 2011
evidence-based learning technique performed with flashcards
Ocado
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23 books
first published
28 Mar 2011
added 11 Feb 2022
British online supermarket
black hole information paradox
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3 books
first published
1 Mar 2011
added 28 Oct 2023
a puzzle resulting from the combination of quantum mechanics and general relativity, questioning whether information that falls into a black hole is lost forever
Nudge Unit
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42 books
first published
27 Feb 2011
organization working with behavioural insights, in order to inform policy and public services
Gabriella Coleman
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32 books
first published
19 Feb 2011
added 5 Oct 2023
Internet anthropologist
Blue Ocean Strategy
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25 books
first published
2 Feb 2011
added 5 Oct 2023
a business strategy that encourages companies to create new market spaces rather than competing in existing industries
Jacob Appelbaum
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24 books
first published
1 Feb 2011
computer security researcher, journalist and hacker from United States
Mohammed Bouazizi
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56 books
first published
1 Feb 2011
a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in protest of police corruption, sparking the Tunisian Revolution and wider Arab Spring
solopreneur
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18 books
first published
15 Jan 2011
added 23 Sep 2023
paypal mafia
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43 books
first published
6 Jan 2011
a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies such as Tesla, LinkedIn, and Palantir
Veblen good
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15 books
first published
4 Jan 2011
added 24 Feb 2017
Luxury good for which the demand increases as the price increases
circular economy
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62 books
first published
2011
added 29 Dec 2021
regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage, are minimised
microapartment
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11 books
first published
28 Dec 2010
added 20 Sep 2023
type of house
longevity escape velocity
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15 books
first published
4 Dec 2010
added 26 Jun 2024
life extension concept; idea that a person's remaining life expectancy would increase at a faster rate than they age
John Bercow
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12 books
first published
19 Nov 2010
added 12 Feb 2017
former British politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019
Streisand effect
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17 books
first published
16 Nov 2010
added 5 Oct 2023
a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet
Chesa Boudin
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4 books
first published
16 Nov 2010
added 19 Aug 2024
American lawyer
Commerzbank Tower
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5 books
first published
17 Oct 2010
added 27 Oct 2023
skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany
TaskRabbit
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126 books
first published
14 Oct 2010
added 15 Oct 2020
American online task marketplace
Vesna Vulović
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2 books
first published
7 Oct 2010
added 29 Dec 2016
Serbian former flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute
intermittent fasting
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40 books
first published
30 Sep 2010
added 27 Feb 2024
a diet that cycles between a period of fasting and non-fasting
Book of Ingenious Devices
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3 books
first published
28 Sep 2010
an Arabic-language book about mechanical devices, written during the Islamic Golden Age
Julian Assange
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127 books
first published
28 Sep 2010
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
FOSDEM
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5 books
first published
23 Sep 2010
added 2 Dec 2022
annual event in Brussels centered on free and open source software development
Hans Island
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5 books
first published
22 Sep 2010
a small, uninhabited barren rock in the Arctic Ocean, the sovereignty of which is disputed between Canada and Denmark
medical bankruptcy
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18 books
first published
7 Sep 2010
bankruptcy declared due to unmanageable medical bills, often in contexts where healthcare is not universally provided.
4chan
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118 books
first published
24 Aug 2010
added 15 Oct 2020
English-language imageboard website
Galaxy Zoo
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17 books
first published
16 Aug 2010
crowdsourced astronomy project
Kinder Surprise
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9 books
first published
31 Jul 2010
added 24 Sep 2023
Brand of chocolate egg
WebSocket
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39 books
first published
23 Jul 2010
added 15 Oct 2020
computer network protocol
skeuomorphism
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19 books
first published
14 Jul 2010
added 22 Dec 2022
a design principle in which interface objects mimic their real-world counterparts, such as a digital calendar resembling a paper one.
Section 230
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50 books
first published
5 Jul 2010
added 28 Jun 2024
US legal legislation of Internet sites
Scaled Composites
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21 books
first published
1 Jun 2010
added 10 Nov 2021
American aerospace company
name-letter effect
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2 books
first published
31 May 2010
added 4 Jul 2022
measure of self-esteem
Demis Hassabis
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61 books
first published
31 May 2010
added 22 Aug 2023
CEO and co-founder of DeepMind
material flow analysis
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4 books
first published
12 May 2010
added 8 Oct 2023
analytical method to quantify flows and stocks of materials or substances in a well-defined system
printed gun
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21 books
first published
11 May 2010
added 14 Nov 2021
balance sheet recession
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22 books
first published
10 May 2010
a type of economic recession that occurs when high levels of private sector debt cause individuals or companies to collectively focus on saving by paying down debt rather than spending or investing, causing economic growth to slow or decline
Les Trente Glorieuses
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31 books
first published
30 Apr 2010
added 23 Aug 2023
the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 following the end of the Second World War in France
Enrique Peñalosa
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15 books
first published
28 Mar 2010
added 17 Jan 2017
Colombian politician
DIY culture
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11 books
first published
28 Mar 2010
added 2 Dec 2022
a subculture that encourages individuals to create or repair things without direct assistance of experts
lifestyle creep
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12 books
first published
18 Mar 2010
added 5 Oct 2022
social phenomenon
financial thriller
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16 books
first published
1 Mar 2010
added 12 Feb 2017
subgenre of thriller fiction
circulation of elites
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11 books
first published
19 Feb 2010
added 11 Aug 2017
political concept (the process of continuous exchange of elites from the opposition to the ruling coalition and vice versa)
obamacare
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251 books
first published
15 Feb 2010
James Bridle
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18 books
first published
31 Jan 2010
added 4 Jan 2023
Chris Moneymaker
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6 books
first published
26 Jan 2010
added 14 Aug 2024
American poker player
Brian Krebs
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30 books
first published
26 Jan 2010
American journalist specializing in cybersecurity
Rat Park
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7 books
first published
5 Jan 2010
added 3 Nov 2017
collaborative consumption
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46 books
first published
2 Jan 2010
economic and social systems that enable shared access to goods, services, data and talent
Boston Dynamics
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41 books
first published
2010
added 12 Feb 2022
engineering and robotics design company
paperclip maximiser
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34 books
first published
2010
added 12 Dec 2022
thought experiment to illustrate existential risk posed by artificial intelligence