Cute. So would it be possible to find the ordinal position of any particular SS# in the expansion?

"Democracies" are inherently despotic (see de Toqueville) and despots despise capitalism. A limited republic (lower case here) promotes equitable wealth.

LyX

A recent acquisition has (so far) been very approachable - a recommendation I got from a blog post that I can't recall.. "A Brief History of Numbers" by Leo Corry, Oxford University Press 2015. A fairly rigorous presentation from a strongly historical perspective. Excellent for this math hobbyist.

non compos mentis

We would be better served - collectively - if more people would read Hayek's "Road to Serfdom".

This will do ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?_r...

As "alternative facts" go, these pale in comparison to "a demonstration caused by an internet video"...

The discussion of "Russian hacking' is a archetype of a "false narrative". The "narrative" itself "hacks" the election.