Interesting Links for 02-12-2024

[andrewducker]

1. What enters the public domain in 2025

(tags:publicdomain )

2. The forgotten Edinburgh street found behind a hidden library door

(tags:edinburgh history library architecture viaLSAnderson )

3. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics explains why some societies are staggeringly richer than others

(tags:democracy economics society infrastructure video )

4. I just noticed that a majority of brits want to separate chuch and state *and* keep the king as head of the church. So, republicanism it is!

(tags:uk ChurchOfEngland politics religion )

Comments

4

[danieldwilliam]

or, a majority of Brits are not paying enought attention to the issue to have a consistent opinion.

[simont]

Oh, I assumed it was "a majority want A, a majority want B, but they're mostly not the same people, so almost nobody wants both A and B".

If you define "majority" as "more than half the people who didn't abstain" then you could even get this situation in a case where nobody wanted both A and B.

But I admit to being too busy to read the actual link :-)

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[andrewducker]

That would be the actual explanation. People haven't thought it through. Because people don't.

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[cmcmck]

Or they want half a dozen mutually incompatible things before breakfest!

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[andrewducker]

My children certainly do!

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[calimac]

I can just say that, as a non-Brit, I'm at least interested in the British monarchy. I am not interested in the Church of England. So I am inclined to believe this analysis.

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[andrewducker]

I am *very* interested in them no longer having a say in politics.

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[bens_dad]

I value non-political people who have compassion and extensive contact with real people having a say in society.

In an ideal world these points may be related.

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[bens_dad]

Sorry. I was talking about the Church; maybe you weren't ?

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[andrewducker]

I don't care if some people who are religious are also voted in.

I object to them getting seats because they're religious leaders.

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[bens_dad]

I'm with Douglas Adams (number 33):
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

I am in favour of diluting the politicians with a smattering of good non-politicians. As I say, this may or may not do that.

[f4f3]

Looks like next year will be a good time to start reading Georgette Meyer

[andrewducker]

I don't know enough to understand this!

[bens_dad]

Georgette Heyer (H not M) goes out of copyright in 50-year countries (which includes Canada and hence www.fadedpage.com).
Her books may thus be freely (if not legally) available on the internet.

[andrewducker]

Ah, gotcha! Thank you

[f4f3]

Typo!

[mountainkiss]

Every year is a good year to start reading Georgette Heyer.

[f4f3]

I thought you might say that. 😄

[mountainkiss]

I am entirely predictable.

[f4f3]

For a given value of predictable.

[mountainkiss]

Fair.

[movingfinger]

2. I'm sure that's not haunted at all, no sirree, not one bit