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Toronto, 2017.10.04

Lots of good material arising from the debates online about some cycle lanes (who'd have guessed!). This time, it's a link to an excellent talk presented by an American visiting a University in Australia, on what disagreement and discussion are meant to be and what's happened instead.

rand()m quote

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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