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The uncertainty around which the theory is built is that we can know the path an electron takes as it moves through a space or we can know where it is at a given instant, but we cannot know both.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
It is anti-cultural to claim any space that is simply space, or to move with any kind of lingering, or to take time for closure.
The Yamas & Niyamas
Deborah Adele
Take China, which for decades tried to combine a decentralized market economy with centralized political oversight of a few crucial statistics, notably GDP. Local officials could get promoted if their regions saw particularly rapid growth. But Beijing’s limited quantified vision offered them little incentive to tackle festering issues such as corruption, debt, and pollution. Unsurprisingly, local officials often manipulated the statistics or pursued policies that boosted GDP in the short term while leaving the long-term problems for their successors.
Spirals of Delusion
foreignaffairs.com
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