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<p>4/ What Cockett does well is show how influential the Viennese diaspora was. Some of the figures (like Hayek, Popper, and von Neumann [always "Neumann" here]) are well known. The influence on Hollywood and American advertising and sociology are probably less so. ↵</p>
<p>3/ Cockett documents all this well. He seems sufficiently versed in the topics, though some of his coverage can feel very superficial and secondary-sourced (and he's definitely not too clear on the math). But it does make for light, and enjoyable, reading. ↵</p>
<p>2/ It's unquestionable that for about 50 years starting in the late 1880s, Vienna was one of the great centers of intellect, and the consequences of its work are with us even today in numerous fields of life (from architecture to psychology to physics to…). ↵</p>
<p>New month, new book thread! </p><p>The first book I finished in 2025 was Dying To Know by Rae Cairns.</p><p>A bit predictable but the writing was absolutely gripping. I genuinely couldn’t put it down. </p><p>Full review: <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/93975fdb-ba66-4672-af50-c16b59d19ea9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/</span><span class="invisible">93975fdb-ba66-4672-af50-c16b59d19ea9</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/crimethriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crimethriller</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@cheetah_spottycat" class="u-url mention">@<span>cheetah_spottycat</span></a></span> a 1000 times this.</p>
<p>Humble has a big bundle on learning to code: <a href="https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/5772989/2059850/25796?u=https://www.humblebundle.com/software/complete-learn-to-code-bundle-2025-software" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/57729</span><span class="invisible">89/2059850/25796?u=https://www.humblebundle.com/software/complete-learn-to-code-bundle-2025-software</span></a> (partner link)</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@isagalaev" class="u-url mention">@<span>isagalaev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norcal.social/@noname" class="u-url mention">@<span>noname</span></a></span> that is actually my entire point</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@chrisjrn" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisjrn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norcal.social/@noname" class="u-url mention">@<span>noname</span></a></span> as an educated white Russian who went through USCIS I can confidently state that it's not even close in terms of dehumanizing cruelty to regular Russian bureaucracy. So this advice needs at least a few more variables to depend upon.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norcal.social/@noname" class="u-url mention">@<span>noname</span></a></span> to be clear, "never emigrate" is not my actual advice, it's a challenge to think about why someone who's been through the process might seriously give that advice.</p>