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“Yo have you checked out national geographic”
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Shaky Gerga

Wow! That is Cenk Uygur! ''You mean shaky gerga? hasWeird''
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The Geography of Singapore Math

Communities and countries (or schools and states) around the globe with the highest and lowest levels of adoption of the Singapore math curriculum, or part of it—which incorporates the best methodologies and pedagogies from both the East and the West—with some demographic or racial groups more receptive to embracing this alien math program than others.
The geography of Singapore math reveals a strong support among American homeschoolers and white middle-class families, who order tens of thousands of math titles every year from the “fine” city-state.
by Numerati April 7, 2025
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The hypothesis that the development and dominance of specific technology suites (e.g., maritime, steppe cavalry, industrial manufacturing, digital networks) are heavily predisposed, though not absolutely determined, by the physical geography of the originating civilization. Rivers favor hydraulic empires and shipbuilding; open plains favor wheeled vehicles and cavalry; isolated islands favor naval power; mountainous regions favor decentralized, defensible settlements. Geography offers a menu of viable technological paths.
Example: The Theory of the Geographic Axis of Technologies explains why Britain, an island with accessible coal and a maritime culture, spearheaded the steam and naval technologies of the Industrial Revolution, while the vast, interconnected steppes of Eurasia fostered horse-based nomadic empires whose "technology" was superior breeding, saddles, and composite bows for millennia.
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The stronger, often discredited claim that human societies, their cultures, institutions, and technological trajectories are directly and inexorably shaped by their physical environment (climate, topography, resource availability). In its hard form, it suggests that geography is destiny, leaving little room for human agency, cultural innovation, or historical contingency. It's the idea that you can largely predict a society's fate by looking at a map.
Example: Hard Geographic Determinism would argue that the "laziness" attributed to certain tropical cultures is not cultural, but an inevitable adaptation to a hot climate where intense, sustained labor is physiologically dangerous, and food is abundant with little effort. It reduces complex history to environmental inputs, ignoring the vast diversity of societies that have arisen in similar landscapes. Theory of Geographic Determinism
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Hym "I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AI Pokémon National Geographic. I mean LOVE. It's great. There was one featuring the doodling Jigglypuff from the show and it gives the character a very satisfying pay off. Which I don't remember whether or not that was included IN the actual show but still. Very satisfying. The collisions and interactions between characters are getting better as well. I could probably figure out a way to expedite the process of it getting better as well because I know exactly what the problem is... Still. Fantastic. A great use of the AI. I approve."
by Hym Iam December 27, 2025
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