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Though the white paper that introduced bitcoin’s origins and philosophy—something of an urtext for crypto overall—does not discuss politics per se, cryptocurrency was quickly adopted and championed by cyberlibertarians.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Both of these tropes have their origin in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street, the urtext for Santa magic in Hollywood movies.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
The urtext of such journey stories is probably Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her soul-bearing performance, serving as the urtext for the actress' ability to truly transform into her characters.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2023
The not-so-straightforward legacy of the radio play was explored by Radiolab in 2013 and shortly after by On the Media in 2015, marking it as a kind of urtext with respect to the relationship between radio, fact, fiction, and the porous veil of collective reality.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2022
The anti-Economicist urtext was published in 1944 by Karl Polanyi, an émigré Austrian socialist then teaching at Bennington.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
The urtext of film history that inspired the careers of dozens of film historians, including this one.
—Scott Eyman, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
Starring a slick-haired Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman at her most serene, Gattaca is a deserved cult classic, a highlight in the hubristic-humans-playing-God subgenre, the urtext for any discussion of the slippery slope toward eugenics.
—Darryn King, WIRED, 4 May 2018
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Both of these tropes have their origin in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street, the urtext for Santa magic in Hollywood movies.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
The urtext of such journey stories is probably Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her soul-bearing performance, serving as the urtext for the actress' ability to truly transform into her characters.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2023
The not-so-straightforward legacy of the radio play was explored by Radiolab in 2013 and shortly after by On the Media in 2015, marking it as a kind of urtext with respect to the relationship between radio, fact, fiction, and the porous veil of collective reality.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2022
The anti-Economicist urtext was published in 1944 by Karl Polanyi, an émigré Austrian socialist then teaching at Bennington.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
The urtext of film history that inspired the careers of dozens of film historians, including this one.
—Scott Eyman, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
Starring a slick-haired Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman at her most serene, Gattaca is a deserved cult classic, a highlight in the hubristic-humans-playing-God subgenre, the urtext for any discussion of the slippery slope toward eugenics.
—Darryn King, WIRED, 4 May 2018
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“Urtext.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urtext. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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