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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 14
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    Life cycle model of intellectual institutions Think spoon Think mug Think bucket Think tank Think river Think reservoir Think wetland Think cesspool Think swamp

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    • 빵구쟁이 Karl Sander K Science Banana David Laing Robot Bastard! Jorge Camacho ☣🔥💧FabOnTheThirdRock Shlomo Engelson Argamon
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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 14
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        Mutatis mutandis applies to academic disciplines and blogosphere subcultures as well

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      2. Jorge Camacho‏ @j_camachor Jan 14
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        Think Bathtub, maybe? 😅 I mean... stock and flow model of systems dynamics and all that?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 14
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        Eureka!

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      2. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl Jan 14
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        But...but...swamps are part of healthy ecosystems...

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 14
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        Not if they evolve from cesspools

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      1. maxwellroe‏ @maxwellroe Jan 14
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        Card-carrying think spoon here.

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        Think Berkeley Pitpic.twitter.com/eCyJ59pu3x

        Photograph of the Berkeley Pit
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      2. Putanumonit Jacob‏ @yashkaf Feb 11
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        Think pencil Think knife Think sword Think musket Think gun Think rifle Think missile launcher Think tank Think aircraft carrier Think death star

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Feb 11
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        pencil as in john wick? this is the peenemunde track

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      1. K‏ @2Canadians Feb 11
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        These 'think ____' seems to be containers carrying a liquify component that can be polymorphic.

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