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Mehrsa Baradaran
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Law Professor at UC Irvine School of Law and author of The Color of Money and How the Other Half Banks
EducationCalifornialaw.uci.edu/faculty/full-t…Joined May 2013
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If you want to pinky and brain it too, learn geometry first:
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Bayt Al Fann
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“Geometry draws the soul towards truth.” ~ Plato Geometric patterns are a distinguishing feature of Islamic art, thought to reflect the language of the universe & the greatness of creation. A thread on the geometry of Mosque dome interiors & geometry quotes that inspire…
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The colour blue (al-azraq) in Islamic tradition often signifies the impenetrable depths of the universe, and turquoise blue is thought to have mystical qualities. For Ramadan, here are 24 beautiful Islamic buildings & Mosques, designed using the colour blue… A thread…
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David Roberts
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... if the box of rocks is properly insulated, there's very little loss over time. In short, these new thermal batteries allow you to store as much clean electricity as you want, hold it for as long as you want, & use it as heat with virtually no losses. Amazing shit.
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Saule Omarova
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In my 2019 fintech article, I half-jokingly described our current financial system as 'Starbucks finance': tons of fancy prop 'products', all made of... sugar, milk, & burnt coffee. Leverage is the 'caffeine' that keeps everyone coming back. I wish I had this photo then:
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Emily Flitter
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In the West Village, where everybody is too rich for regular Starbucks
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See, this 🤬 is what some of us were talking about!
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John Paul Koning
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Does that mean a stablecoin was effectively the biggest beneficiary of the FDIC bailout? Recall that Circle said it had $3.3 billion stuck at Silicon Valley Bank going into the weekend of March 10. twitter.com/NickTimiraos/s…
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Economists fancy themselves as the physicists of the social sciences, wielding mathematical models to bring solutions to the economic world. But we are not a mechanical system. We are humans who innovate, change with our experiences, and at times game the system.
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"Economists tried to deal with the twin stresses of inflation and recession in the 1970s without success, and now here we are, 50 years and 50-plus economics Nobel Prizes later, with little ground gained."
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Opinion | The Slow-Motion Tidal Wave Consuming Our Economy
Economic models are failing us because they don’t reflect large forces that are starting to affect our economy: climate change, demographics, deglobalization and artificial intelligence.
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Yes, I think AI will make us smarter if we use it the right way. The right way to use AI: pick a strong robot voice. Have it read you all the web articles, e-books, substacks and pdfs you want. Make it read it faster if you’re in a rush
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This is beautiful! I stayed in Zipolite when my oldest was a baby and it was a magical place. Thank you
@jennydeluxe
—this is profound and beautiful
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Juliana Ukiomogbe
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“To be near the sea is to be humbled by its magnitude, to watch your priorities be reordered to its scale. What are self-consciousness, fear of the future, existential worries, to the ocean?” - @jennydeluxe nytimes.com/2023/03/22/mag
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This is an all-star group!
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Raúl Carrillo
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It's SVB Day @LPEblog! ☕️😎🔥🏦💸 Chris Desan on uninsured deposits & contagion @LevMenand on supervision me on fintech @rohangrey on the full power of public money @DanEricRohde on reg reform & consolidation @ProfHilaryAllen on digital bank holidays lpeproject.org/blog/six-react
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Happy Nowruz! Especially to my heroes, my sisters in Iran. The roots of this holiday are ancient—as in before any of the religions with Gods of any kind. It’s still the most universal holiday because it requires no belief at all; just celebration!
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Nowruz history: Everything about the Iranian new year
Happy Nowruz 1401!Nowruz is the beginning of the new year in Iran, based on the solar calendar. In this video, I tell you why we find 7 items that start with...
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