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A Night With a Bouncer
For this assignment, Nick Fuller Googins headed to the Venice Beach boardwalk to shadow a doorman for an evening.
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What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
Do you want to be there for a loved one, but don't know how? Here are some techniques to help you 'hold space' for people in need. By Heather Plett.
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Four Irrational Behaviors Voltaire Warned Us About
"I’ve had experience, I know the world. Amuse yourself, ask every passenger to tell you his story, and if you find one, just one, who hasn’t often cursed his life, who hasn’t often told himself he’s the unluckiest of men, throw me headfirst into the sea.’’ – Voltaire.
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Avoiding the Cicero Trap
Forget the next great statesman, we need to make the Constitution the battleground of our politics. By Bruce Fein.
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It’s Time to Audit America’s Secrets
Declassification should be determined by the American people, not partisan politicians. By Eric Posner.
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The cult of Mary Beard
How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual. By Charlotte Higgins.
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Moebius Gives 18 Wisdom-Filled Tips to Aspiring Artists
Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, was a comic book artist who combined blinding speed with boundless imagination. He shaped the look of Alien, Empire Strikes Back and The Fifth Element. He reimagined the Silver Surfer for Stan Lee. And he is an acknowledged influence on everyone from Japanese animating great Hayao Miyazaki to sci-fi writer William Gibson...
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The Plot Thickens in the Gnarly Story of IQ and Genetics
Researchers are finding new links between specific genes and intelligence. Can we use this knowledge to make people smarter?
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The Ecstasy of Error: Green Cards in Magonia
“Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?” — William James. By Aaron Dabbah.
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What Plato knew about behavioural economics. (A lot)
How much did Plato know about behavioural economics and cognitive biases? Pretty much everything, it turns out. By Nick Romeo.
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Carmen Herrera: Art Without Lies
The current exhibition of Herrera’s work at the Whitney Museum endeavors to rectify the American art world’s long-term neglect: it focuses on Herrera’s work from 1948-1978, from her earliest abstracts through the various stages of her artistic evolution. For audiences, the revelation over the past decade of Herrera’s bold and vital work is a glorious gift. By Claire Messud. (Dec. 29, 2016)
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The Gift of Presence, The Perils of Advice
A helpful word can be a salve, but it's not always what we need. Parker Palmer on the power of quiet, unobtrusive presence to heal in troubled times.
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Homo Faber
Discovering the infinite universe. By Lewis H. Lapham.
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What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life
“Aztec philosophy encourages us to question this received ‘Western’ wisdom about the good life – and to seriously consider the sobering notion that doing something worthwhile is more important than enjoying it.“ By Sebastian Purcell.
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Feast of Fools
Lewis Lapham on how American democracy became all about the rule of money.
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The Second Story Of Echo And Narcissus
It’s better to be interested than interesting. By The Last Psychiatrist.
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The Victorian Demagogue: 19th Century Words on a Modern Day Danger
“No organist can manipulate the stops and keys of his instrument with more dexterity than the demagogue exhibits in playing upon the different weaknesses, errors, and absurdities of the untutored mind.” — Kent & Sussex Courier, 1874. By Mimi Matthews.
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Wind
Robert Löbel
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The Visual Series Of Malay Proverbs
As children, we used to hear many proverbs. And although we came to know their meaning, we rarely if ever get a chance to see them visually. Now, we have the opportunity to reflect on all these proverbs again, as visual art pieces that Malaysian artist Hyrul Anuar has created using a mobile phone.
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The Wisdom of Rocks: Gongshi
In the West, we expect philosophy to come from books. In the East, more wisely, there’s an awareness that it may legitimately come from rocks as well... (Exc. The Book of Life, Chapter 4, Self: Virtues of Character)
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