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Virginia Postrel's avatar

I devote a chapter of The Fabric of Civilization to how textile merchants built many key social technologies, from writing to mail service to schools teaching pen-and-paper arithmetical calculation.

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Daniel Golliher's avatar

Brilliant! I just ordered a copy. Looking forward to reading it

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Kiran's avatar

Brilliantly said! I like the comparison of voter apathy and tossing away a dead cell phone. It's not that people don't care, they're not sure how to channel how they feel and their reality into action in government.

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