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Meerkat Library

a collection of books, references and peer-review studies curated by NTARI co-founder Jodson Graves. It is named for his three children and their friend-- the Meerkats

67 Items

As of 12/18/2024

Curator Notes

  • I include titles here that have lent to the NTARI idea

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01

by Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson

why nations fail
what your food ate

02

by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery

03

Karen Magnuson Beil

what linnaeus saw
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04

Chad Orzel

05

David Thomas & Andrew Hunt

the pragmatic programmer
the narrow coorridor

06

Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson

07

Oona A Hathaway & Scott J. Shapiro

the internationalists
the internet is not what you thik it is

08

Justin E. H. Smith

09

Don Norman

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taking down backpage

10

Maggy Krell

11

James Burke

the day the universe changed
seeing like a state

12

James C. Scott

13

Mark Kurlansky

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remote work

14

Tsedal Neeley

15

Peter Pomeransev

propaganda
price of peace

16

Zachary D. Carter

17

Alexander Zaitchik

owning the sun
oyster

18

Cody Cassidy

19

Rebecca Boyle

our moon
nuts and bolts

20

Roma Agrawal

21

Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD

nonviolent communication
means of control

22

Byron Tau

23

Robert J. Marks

non computable you
need to know

24

Nicholas Reynolds

25

Prof. David W. Ball

nature of matter
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Oliver Bullough

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Jacob Goldstein

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28

Jim Downs

29

Jon Gertner

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Peter S. Goodman

31

Winifred Gallagher

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32

Thomas Cahill

33

Bo Seo

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34

Kevin Roose

35

Jarvis R. Givens

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36

Scott A. Small

37

Mark Kurlansky

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38

Scott J. Shapiro

39

Mark Kurlansky

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40

Frank & Brian Herbert

41

Megan Kimble

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42

Norman Doidge, M.D.

43

David K. Randall

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44

Roman Mars

45

Ruthana Emrys

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46

Prof. Barbara J. King

47

R.F. Kuang

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48

Caleb Scharf

49

Eric Klinenberg

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50

Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson

51

Pekka Himanen

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52

Peter J. Denning & Matti Tedre 

53

Thomas Payne

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54

Jean Jacques Russeau

55

The Bible Project Podcast

The Bible is a collection of 66 books produced in around 2,000 years. Dr. Timothy Mackie helps us see how its ideas and themes are highly networked within the books of the Bible and the ancient cultures surrounding Israel

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56

the Collective Intelligence Project

57

the Network State

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58

Cryptocurrency Whitepapers

Understanding cryptocurrency is knowing that money is a communications medium 

59

Investopedia.com

I wanted to go into finance after the Marine Corps, so I studied articles at Investopedia.com. Finance is another communication network worth understanding

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60

Weird Patterns in History & Movies | Abarim-Publication.com

Objective media literacy is one of the most important aspects of network society

61

Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu

The Taoist sage is very much like the Hebrew Messiah. Could all world religions point toward a single set of ideas? Analyze for yourself

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62

The Bible

The Bible informs our understanding of human purpose. The Old Testament shows what happens if God is on the  side of one group of people, while the New Testament invites everyone to be part of the species. 

63

The Word Diet Podcast by Eric Schanzberg

Dogmatic religion is dangerous. Schanzberg presents a meta analysis of perspectives on scripture,  providing a network of data to inform a hypothesis of faith

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64

Intelligence As A Planetary Scale Process: Adam Frank, David Grinspoon and Sara Walker

Astrobiologists think we are the emergent effect of planetary intellect. 

65

Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy: Joram Mayshar, Omer Moav, Zvika Neeman and Luigi Pascali

A hypothesis of why some parts of the global human network advanced faster than others in technology

Image by Samet Kurtkus
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66

Vladimiri I. Vernadsky

67

Andrewism

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