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Written by Shriram Krishnamurthi on 2025-01-26 at 20:24

Pinker said this of Chomsky, and it perfectly sums up CS Ed (w/ Papert):

Linguistics is an eccentric field…because it was so polarized by a charismatic figure and his opponents that it didn’t proceed in the ordinary direction of making the theory more precise, more testable.

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Written by Apostolis on 2025-01-27 at 08:51

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This reminds me of the ideological motivations of stellar ,and probably other payment systems, for serving the unbanked. In other words, that having a connection to a bank or a payment system will allow the financial development of the global south and reduce global poverty.

https://stellar.org/blog/thought-leadership/bridging-the-financial-services-gap-for-the-unbanked-how-stellar-ramps-make-finance-more-inclusive

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