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Chap 4: human error and institutions that impose infallible narratives (holy books, etc) vs who decides what those books contain (rabbies, theologists, etc: HUMANS). Truth tilting the balance of social order and viceversa.
Info inchequeable fuente:creanme (witch hunts) o institutions likely to rely on self-correcting mechanisms (scientific institutions).
Role of the printing press to spread info.
— Jul 31, 2025 08:35PM
Info inchequeable fuente:creanme (witch hunts) o institutions likely to rely on self-correcting mechanisms (scientific institutions).
Role of the printing press to spread info.
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Bureaucracy: order and classification. Benefits (cholera) drawbacks (romanian jews). Ownership.
— Jul 29, 2025 02:52AM
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