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Sam Enright

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Sam Enright's personal blog at samenright.com covers culture, math and science. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2021

I am Sam. This is my website. I am the Innovation Policy Lead at Progress Ireland, an independent think tank in Dublin. Recently, I have been thinking about European growth and sovereignty at the Rhine Group. I am also the editor-in-chief of The Fitzwilliam, an online publication about Ireland, poli

Most-linked posts?

  1. For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-13

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  1. Submitted A layman’s guide to recreational mathematics videos as a story · 322 points

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  2. Submitted A Beginner’s Guide to Miles Davis as a story · 279 points

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  3. Submitted Why Northern Ireland has no flag as a story · 101 points

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  4. Submitted Disambiguating the ‘Observable Universe’ as a story · 76 points

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  5. Submitted Before colour TV, people dreamed in black and white as a story · 4 points

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  6. Submitted For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions as a story · 2 points

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  7. Submitted An in-depth review and summary of The Beginning of Infinity as a story · 2 points

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  8. Submitted Notes on Persistence and Economic Development as a story · 2 points

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  9. Submitted The Cabinet of Wikipedian Curiosities as a story · 1 points

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  10. Submitted For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions as a story · 1 points

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