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Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions

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Douglas Robinson

Douglas Robinson lived in England for eight years, and skated around the world for six. He studies economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

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From the skateboard, you feel differently about the city – and come closer to who you really are.

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