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A why of how we wear what we wear
There are many major industries operating around the world commonly perceived to be big drivers of climate change. Plastic, steel and concrete manufacturing come immediately to mind – but fashion doesn’t, even though, materially speaking, its many inefficiencies represent something … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate crisis, clothing, cotton, design trends, dress codes, dresses, enclothed cognition, fashion industry, garments, human behaviour, Kabali, Princeton University, proxy, psychology, water
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Remembering John Nash, mathematician who unlocked game theory for economics
The Wire May 25, 2015 The economist and Nobel Laureate Robert Solow once said, “It wasn’t until Nash that game theory came alive for economists.” He was speaking of the work of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a mathematician whose 27-page … Continue reading
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