Virginia Postrel
Author; Blogger; Editor
Virginia Postrel is an author and speaker whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. Postrel has also been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Forbes and its companion technology magazine, Forbes ASAP. Her latest book, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World, examines the development of technology, industry, and commerce through the history of textiles, from prehistoric times to the near future.
How fabric helped build modern civilization.
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You can gain a lot of insights about the operation of human psychology and human societies from biology.
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The many positive benefits of the knowledge and creativity dispersed throughout the world.
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Technological advancement and the ensuing social consequences and philosophical debate.
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In the potential of the individual and the value of learning.
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A great idea, but more focused, interesting, and less mainstream panels are needed.
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People assimilate seemingly radical changes into their normal world.
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Today’s cultural cross-pollenization is making differences ever more subtle.
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What do you do about when you find the biological roots of behavior?
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The drive to improve has shaped humanity.
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Ideas germinate during the twilight zone.
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Postrel realized the magnitude of the problem when she donated a kidney to a friend.
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Nonfunctional designs are the most interesting ones, Postrel says.
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The former Reason magazine editor at Atlantic writer discusses the Libertarian ethos.
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After World War II, the U.S. South was basically a rich third world country.
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Postrel gives people a deeper sense of the strengths of individual freedom.
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Postrel is a synthesizer and an intellectual arbitreasurer.
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