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“The Culture represents the place we might hope to get to” | MetaFilter: Mefi’s discussion of the (previously linked) recently published interview with Iain M Banks (RIP). It’s good.
(tags: metafilter iain-m-banks culture sci-fi sf science-fiction discussion)
GCHQ’s ‘jihad on tech firms’ can only fail | Technology | The Guardian: Blaming Facebook for Lee Rigby’s murder will only lead to a breakdown in the relationship between the police and tech companies, says Ross Anderson.
(tags: gchq facebook terrorism security lee-rigby ross-anderson)

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▶ Founders@Google Presents: The Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange – YouTube: A presentation from Joek Spolsky on the Stack Exchange sites and the culture they’re trying to promote there, contrasted with things like discussion forums, other "answers" sites, and whatnot.
(tags: discussion stack-exchange joel-spolsky internet stack-overflow culture)

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Blog: Encourage discussion, not defensiveness | 80,000 Hours: Persuasion by avoiding cognitive dissonance. Via Peter Hurford.
(tags: discussion persuasion psychology cognitive-dissonance)

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