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Path-Dependence and Bottlenecks

Dates and Keyboards Have you ever wondered why clocks are seemingly base 12? Or why we use the Imperial system over the metric system? Or why we know degrees instead of radians? These are harmless, but here are some things that are not. The Gregorian calendar is bad. The QWERTY keyboard (which I’m using right … Continue reading Path-Dependence and Bottlenecks →

epiphanyaweek dynamics of change March 30, 2019July 9, 2019 4 Minutes
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