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Thresholds: Why Two Nearly Identical Crowds Do Opposite Things
...your introduction... - Aaron Holbrook -- What this piece examines, and what it is: The subject is a formal model published in 1978 that has since become the standard apparatus...
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The Punctum and the Blind Field
In my continued attempt to build out an emergent and interesting world for the music that I write, I stumbled across the phrase "Barthes's Punctum". I was so intrigued that I did a deep dive on it, and it ended up being even more incredible of a concept t
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How a Local Business Gets Found Now: Search, AI Answers, and the Shift From Links to Citations
...your introduction... - Aaron Holbrook -- A person in a Midwestern suburb wants their car detailed. Ten years ago they would have typed "auto detailing near me" into Google, skimmed a page of blue links, and clicked one. Today the same person has at lea
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Understanding IPOs: How They Work and What It Means to Invest in One
An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a private company's stock to the public, after which the shares trade on an exchange. The mechanics of that event are consistent across deals, and they determine both what a buyer is actually purchasin
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