August 21, 2021
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A Big Study About Honesty Turns Out To Be Based On Fake Data
“Renowned psychologist Dan Ariely literally wrote the book on dishonesty. Now some are questioning whether the scientist himself is being dishonest. BuzzFeed…”
August 19, 2021
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“TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Naomi Osaka of Team Japan reacts after a point during her Women’s Singles Third Round match against Marketa Vondrousova of Team Czech…”
August 17, 2021
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The Best Sites, Apps, and YouTube Channels to Learn Music
“Modern technology makes studying to play a new instrument easier than ever. And the best part? Most of these tools are free or affordable. Two decades ago, my…”
August 16, 2021
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‘The White Lotus’ Finale Didn’t Need a Dead Body—But It Picked the Perfect One
“HBO/Getty Images/Ringer illustration Mike White is well aware The White Lotus is not a murder mystery at heart. “You know, it’s such a trope at this point. All…”
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Mike White Accepts the Criticism
“Photo: TODD MIDLER/The New York Times/Redux The White Lotus is a show born out of necessity, an HBO series that creator Mike White could produce quickly and…”
August 14, 2021
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How Data Science Pinpointed the Creepiest Word in “Macbeth”
“It’s not the word you’d expect — and it appears in this very sentence Clive Thompson 21 hours ago · 7 min read “Shakespeare”, by Ungry Young Man Macbeth is a…”
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“Steve Zahn in The White Lotus . Photo: Courtesy of HBO This summer, television became preoccupied with a question: What should happen to men? Not all men — TV…”
August 10, 2021
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Hit songs rely on increasing “harmonic surprise” to hook listeners, study finds
“Enlarge / A study of “harmonic surprise”—points where the music deviates from listener expectations—in popular music over several decades found that Childish…”
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What’s the Point of Apple TV Hardware?
“Speaking of Mark Gurman , his Power On newsletter continues to be an excellent read. His main topic this week argues that Apple TV (hardware) is “mostly…”
August 4, 2021
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A Framework for the Metaverse — MatthewBall.vc
“TeamLab Art Collective Email Email Close I first wrote about the Metaverse in 2018 , and overhauled my thinking in a January 2020 update: The Metaverse: What It…”
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Clubhouse Is The Big Stinker That Nobody Wants To Talk About
“Clubhouse, the voice app that lets you hear other people attempt to hold a conversation, is no longer invite-only , which one would imagine would have given the…”
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The Best Time Travel Movies of … All Time
“From Groundhog Day to Interstellar , filmmakers love messing with timelines. Thankfully, that makes for mind-bending entertainment. Time—ravager of youth;…”
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Opinion | We Can Thank Drug Users for a Key Approach to Fighting Covid
“Guest Essay We Can Thank Drug Users for a Key Approach to Fighting Covid July 23, 2021, 3:00 p.m. ET Credit… Jo Zixuan Zhou By Ms. Szalavitz is a writer…”
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“I n May, I stood in the rear galley of an airplane and watched as a line formed to berate the flight attendant next to me. We were at a gate at LaGuardia, our…”
August 3, 2021
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How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso
“Critic’s Notebook Two decades ago, TV’s most distinctive stories were defined by a tone of ironic detachment. Today, they’re more often sincere and direct. How…”
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“I Think You Should Leave” Is a Love Language
“The other night, I ran into my old friend, the comedian and writer Josh Gondelman. It was the first time in a while that we had seen each other in person, but…”
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The Return-to-Office Existential Crisis
“In 2019, Steven Spielberg called for a ban on Oscar eligibility for streaming films , claiming that “movie theaters need to be around forever” and that…”
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“For Context Reconsidering pseudonymity and what it means to “be yourself” online. By July 31, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET In early July, when England’s soccer team lost…”
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The push for a “PBS for the internet”
“The concept of a new media ecosystem that’s non-profit, publicly funded and tech-infused is drawing interest in policy circles as a way to shift the power…”
August 2, 2021
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What drives belief in conspiracy theories, a lack of religion or too much?
“Jul 27th 2021 AMERICANS WHO believe in the conspiracy theories collectively packaged as “QAnon” have grown quiet in recent months. They gained international…”
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Transmutex | Union Square Ventures
“Electrification of transportation, heating, and various industrial processes is crucial to fighting the climate crisis. Of course that’s only true if we wind up…”
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short lease in a slick machine: a personal essay about apartments
“Jul 31, 2021 1,990 notes Hi Everyone, you may have wondered where I’ve been for the last few months. The truth is, I, like most people must at some point in…”
August 1, 2021
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How I mastered the Saturday NYT crossword puzzle in 31 days
“Max Deutsch Aug 8, 2017 · 61 min read On July 1, 2017, I asked myself the question: With only one month of practice, can I complete a Saturday New York Times…”
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Talk to The Times: Crossword Editor Will Shortz (Published 2009)
“Talk to The Times: Crossword Editor Will Shortz See how this article appeared when it was originally published on NYTimes.com. Will Shortz, The Times’s…”
July 31, 2021
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On the Trail of a Mysterious, Pseudonymous Author
“It arrived at the height of the pandemic, in a brown envelope with no return address and too many stamps, none of which had been marked by the post office. It…”
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“Debates about technology and progress are often framed in terms of “optimism” vs. “pessimism.” For instance, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Johan Norberg, Max…”
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“Photo by Paula Mariel Salischiker In 1660, John Locke published his Two Treatises of Government , where he set out to resolve the seeming conflict between…”
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Ryuichi Sakamoto on Life, Nature and ‘Time’
“The musician and artist, currently undergoing cancer treatment, unveils a music-theater work about dreams, reincarnation and humanity’s struggle. “I wanted to…”
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Strabismus (Crossed Eyes): Types, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
“Overview What is strabismus (crossed eyes)? Strabismus (crossed eyes) is a condition in which the eyes do not line up with one another. In other words, one eye…”
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Forget the Individual Snubs. The 2021 Emmy Nominations Reveal a Fundamentally Broken Institution
“T he 2021 Emmy nominations are out, and Tuesday morning’s live announcement stream—hosted by last year’s heartwarming father-daughter winner duo Ron Cephas…”