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Social-exchange theorists and anthropologists have long argued that gifts carry implicit expectations.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
China has put paid to the idea — long cherished among Western political theorists — that only free minds in open societies can truly innovate, and that, sooner or later, authoritarian regimes like China’s will stall out.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Additional work from theorists around the globe has further reinforced the idea.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
The discovery was achieved by researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in Austria, who worked together with theorists at Rice University in Texas.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
China has put paid to the idea — long cherished among Western political theorists — that only free minds in open societies can truly innovate, and that, sooner or later, authoritarian regimes like China’s will stall out.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Additional work from theorists around the globe has further reinforced the idea.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
The discovery was achieved by researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in Austria, who worked together with theorists at Rice University in Texas.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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