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		internet_points 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in so... but now it's on HN and people are discussing this idea that's been thrown out and some people agree and some don't and some bring up how it's similar to Bertrand de Jouvenal and others start thinking of de Tocqueville or Robert Putnam (I'm sure you could draw a connection to James C. Scott too) and before you know it you've got the beginnings of a bibliography right here in these threads

Karrot_Kream 5 months ago [–]

Sure but why start this discussion from first principles when you can read a text that covers the same ground in 10 pages?

internet_points 5 months ago | [–]

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