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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Oct 2014

    Forget Facebook, Abandon Instagram, Move To A Village http://n.pr/1sYjW1s  Via @nprnews

    4:51 PM - 16 Oct 2014
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      1. Fabio 'the last true liberal' Machado‏ @FabioLugar 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews keep on tweeting, though

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      1. Michael Jones‏ @mickjones61 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker Villages r great but village communities lynched blacks in the US south. ie they can/r inclined to become hotbeds of prejudice.

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      1. Tom Derandere‏ @TTDerandere 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews People in the villages I know in Wales just seem seem to be bored, mostly. Perhaps a village in Bali.

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      1. (((LS Mitchell)))‏ @LSMitchell 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker Villages tend to accuse people of witchcraft and blasphemy or ostracized atheists ;-)

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      1. (((LS Mitchell)))‏ @LSMitchell 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker People spend less time on social media than writers do writing books and articles. Forget taking nature photos ;-)

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      1. paul kramarchyk‏ @paul_kramarchyk 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews I'm 9 mi to milk and bread. 40 sq mi, 3500 peeps. Dark nights. Bright days. 7 mi protected Wild and Scenic River. Heaven.

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      1. Paul Clarke‏ @ocleirigh67 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker Have you seen the Quebec comedy La grande séduction? Brendan Gleeson is in an English version in a Newfoundland fishing village.

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      1. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews I live in an English village, 150? no, growing up my dad knew all 500 on first name terms. & we have 30MB boradband

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      1. Dr. S.A. Applin‏ @AnthroPunk 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews Remember, when you live in village, you lose #privacy. Neighbors and community know everything. Might be ok tradeoff.

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      1. Chris Maslanka‏ @ChrisMaslanka 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews I have the best of both worlds: I Tweet from a village.

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      1. blank‏ @chieflyoffire 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews If happiness were teleology,science would perhaps be true,& village life best,unfortunately there is,perhaps,no god....

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      1. Níčhölás Rees‏ @NicholasRees1 16 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @nprnews it takes a village...

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