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I may not understand what this page is. Is it simply a collection of quotes presented out of context? (for instance, any of these quotes might on the next page
by TheRealPomax 9y ago
I may not understand what this page is. Is it simply a collection of quotes presented out of context? (for instance, any of these quotes might on the next page of the original work be refuted by the same person, and so their value is unknowable without significant additional work, making the aggregation as a useful resource questionable at best).
- chmod775 9y agoAre you confused because that resource doesn't try to convince of you of any particular standpoint, omitting contrary positions in the process, and instead gives you a collection of thoughts and viewpoints on the matter? In my opinion this is vastly more "useful" than the alternative: This is a nice overview and invites you to dive deeper into any of these sources. Edit: Though after skimming over the rest of them, most of them seem to be referencing pretty much the same thing. I can kind of see what you found odd. Edit 2: Definitely looks like this is just a list of commentary specifically about the work of Roger Ekirch, who is is also the owner of that site - definitely might be biased (as in not an exhaustive list) then.
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- yorwba 9y agoIt seems to be a collection of references to this article: http://www.academicroom.com/article/sleep-we-have-lost-pre-industrial-slumber-british-isles http://www.academicroom.com/article/sleep-we-have-lost-pre-i... I think the site is intended as marketing for the article, like the quotes from reviews that appear on the backs of books. Of course the article itself is not linked very prominently, so this is kind of hard to figure out.