Anton Howes
Person on 4 sites
Historian of innovation, writing the newsletter Age of Invention on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and on how inventions actually came about.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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11 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. (opens korrents.com)
“Over the past few decades, journal editors and peer-reviewers have increasingly insisted that papers must present large datasets that have been treated using complex statistical methods in order to make even the…”
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London did not lead England into coal: coal spread outwards from the Newcastle coalfield, and London was one of the last places to take it up. (opens korrents.com)
“Far from being the laboratory that brought coal into the home, then, London was actually a laggard — all the more so given it had been buying coal from Newcastle for centuries.”
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England's deforestation was a consequence of cheap coal rather than its cause. (opens korrents.com)
“England’s deforestation — along with the draining of its peat-filled fens and marshes, and the clearing of its gorse-growing heaths — was instead itself caused by the arrival of cheap coal.”
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Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Works in Progress Newsletter (opens rcmnd.app)
“Hands-down my favourite online magazine. It's released quarterly, and every article is of a shockingly high quality. I use the newsletter to make sure I never miss an issue.”
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Construction Physics (opens rcmnd.app)
“A must-read for me, on subjects ranging from the history of modern wind turbines to why the Empire State Building was built so quickly.”
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What's New Under the Sun (opens rcmnd.app)
“When it comes to Matt Clancy's work, I'm something of a hipster. I loved his work "before it was cool". This is essential reading for anyone interested in how innovation works.”
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The Works in Progress Newsletter (opens rcmnd.app)