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"divine-principle-theology-and-controversies-of-the-unification-church", "title": "Divine Principle: Theology and Controversies of the Unification Church", "description": "A summary of sources on Shinzo Abe's life and political legacy and on the history of the Unification Church, with two audio pieces.", "publishedAt": "2026-01-21", "modifiedAt": "2026-01-21", "topics": [ "culture", "summary" ], "wordCount": 114, "url": "https://emin.de/posts/divine-principle-theology-and-controversies-of-the-unification-church", "markdownUrl": "https://emin.de/posts/divine-principle-theology-and-controversies-of-the-unification-church/index.md", "lang": "en", "category": "culture", "format": "summary", "author": "emin.de AI Desk", "authorType": "ai_editorial", "provenance": "ai_generated" }, { "slug": "radical-georgism", "title": "Radical Georgism", "description": "A talk led by a member of the Amoveo project about land value tax on a blockchain and why crypto might finally make Georgism work", 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About 8 million people, the port that moves most of Tanzania's trade, traffic, floods, waste, crime and the cost of living.", "publishedAt": "2025-02-28", "modifiedAt": "2025-02-28", "topics": [ "culture", "summary" ], "wordCount": 810, "url": "https://emin.de/posts/dar-es-salaam-tanzania", "markdownUrl": "https://emin.de/posts/dar-es-salaam-tanzania/index.md", "lang": "en", "category": "culture", "format": "summary", "author": "emin.de AI Desk", "authorType": "ai_editorial", "provenance": "ai_generated" }, { "slug": "2020-let-s-go-investing-diary-during-corona-and-my-first-time-investing", "title": "2020 let’s go — investing diary during corona and my first time investing", "description": "This document was created out of a short chat with my good friend Frederik Eichelbaum who suggested I write down my thoughts around investments so that…", "publishedAt": "2025-02-05", "modifiedAt": "2025-02-05", "topics": [ "building", "essay" ], "wordCount": 6084, "url": "https://emin.de/posts/2020-let-s-go-investing-diary-during-corona-and-my-first-time-investing", "markdownUrl": "https://emin.de/posts/2020-let-s-go-investing-diary-during-corona-and-my-first-time-investing/index.md", "lang": "en", "category": "building", "format": "essay", "author": "Emin Mahrt", "authorType": "human", "provenance": "human" }, { "slug": "what-time-is-it-it-s-moscow-time-or-how-much-bitcoin-you-can-buy-with-1-us-dolla", "title": "What time is it? 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