51 essential rules for doing research
Be free. Eat sweets. Do not go to university (but use the university to print for free). Resist academic hierarchy. […]
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While media attention is focused elsewhere, a new phase of the “European border crisis” is unfolding around the snow-covered mountain
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The past is irrecoverable and the past is not past; the past is the resource for the future and the
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A Tale of Two Rooms: Debt, Success, and Freedom in Indian Microfinance
“See, I don’t have a TV or an almirah [wardrobe],” said Ilina, pointing to her sparse one-room flat, while in