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Forrest ZengHow to Start a Nation (Part 3): Hamilton is RhetoricWhat does rhetoric and complexity look like in social fictions and mass collaboration?Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
Forrest ZengHow to Start a Nation (Part 2): Some StoryWhat allows humans to collaborate in numbers ranging in the millions and billions? The answer isn’t immediately obvious.Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
