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Top 10 life lessons from books of the past
Worried about how to leave parties, need to get rid of bedbugs or simply want to know the best chat-up lines? A book historian comes to the rescue with some pearls from the library of wisdom. By Elizabeth Archibald.
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Read Before Riding: Horses Have Consciousness
Horses have been domesticated for 5,000 years, but we’re still learning about how they think. By Simon Worrall.
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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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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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Wind
Robert Löbel
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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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The Second Story Of Echo And Narcissus
It’s better to be interested than interesting. By The Last Psychiatrist.
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Feast of Fools
Lewis Lapham on how American democracy became all about the rule of money.
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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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Homo Faber
Discovering the infinite universe. By Lewis H. Lapham.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 cult of Mary Beard
How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual. By Charlotte Higgins.
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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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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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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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