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October 18, 2018
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Create more value than you capture: An oral history of Toronto product development
“Warning: you are now experiencing BetaKit #longform content. TL;DR does not apply. Feature photography: Sanjay Chauhan. CREATE MORE VALUE THAN YOU CAPTURE: AN…”
October 15, 2018
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Here Are 8 Major Questions Still Unanswered About Banksy’s Sotheby’s Prank | artnet News
“We’re having a lot of fun with Banksy ’s viral art shredding prank, which took place exactly one week ago at Sotheby’s London and has had the world atwitter…”
October 13, 2018
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The Perils and Possibilities of Anger
“A slew of new books challenge the notion that rage is a danger to self and to society. Illustration by Golden Cosmos The hatchet came later. Rocks were rare in…”
October 12, 2018
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Critic’s Notebook: The Rise of the TV Auteur? No Thanks
“Courtesy of Netflix Justin Theroux in Netflix’s ‘Maniac.’ I started having worries about the current state of television’s newfound love of auteur directors in…”
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Big Mouth Season 2 Is a Hilarious and Vital Portrait of Puberty
“Missy (Jenny Slate), the Hormone Monstress (Maya Rudolph), and Jessi (Jessi Klein), learning to embrace the female form in an episode of Big Mouth . Photo:…”
October 10, 2018
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“You stupid darkness!” and 29 other Peanuts quotes for everyday use
“On October 2, 1950, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s daily newspaper strip Peanuts debuted with two kids sitting on a curb and remarking, “Here comes ol’ Charlie…”
October 6, 2018
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If we learn from Europe, we can secure the Canada-U.S. border
“A group of migrants who said they were from Djibouti and Somalia walk along a residential street after crossing the Canada-U.S. border in Emerson, Man., March…”
October 5, 2018
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New Life for a 1902 Manual About Color
“Emily Noyes Vanderpoel amassed a large collection of textiles, ceramics and enamels — particularly pieces from Asia and the Near East. Credit Litchfield…”
October 4, 2018
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In their honour, we publish their names – Macleans.ca
“If you hold a paper version of Maclean’s , consider closing this issue for a moment to read the dedication on the cover. You’ll find the name of a Canadian…”
September 27, 2018
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How First Capital Realty Curates Retail Communities Through Neighbourhood Acquisitions
“‘ Shops at King Liberty’. Photo: First Capital Realty By Mario Toneguzzi First Capital Realty has strategically made an effort of consolidating real estate…”
September 26, 2018
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What If Reality Isn’t Real? – Member Feature Stories – Medium
“Maybe it’s best to start at the end. “I’m sorry, I’m running a bit short of time,” I say casually on the phone to Robin Hanson before the last question of my…”
September 25, 2018
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Nobody Was Going To Solve These Cold Cases. Then Came The DNA Crime Solvers.
“A woman in a ditch. A baby in a parking lot. The DNA Doe Project has the ability to identify cold case victims — so why don’t they take on every case? Their…”
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The Nasty Feud Over What Killed the Dinosaurs
“Illustrations by Denise Nestor 1. Gerta Keller was waiting for me at the Mumbai airport so we could catch a flight to Hyderabad and go hunt rocks. “You won’t…”
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg, In Good Faith
“Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photos by Getty Images and Netflix Raphael Bob-Waksberg is reading me some numbers. As the seasons of BoJack…”
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A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Literary Canon
“Illustration: Tim McDonagh Why Now? Okay, assessing a century’s literary legacy after only 18 and a half years is kind of a bizarre thing to do. Actually,…”
September 24, 2018
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“”It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know…”
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How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music | Pitchfork
“How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher’s “Believe” to…”
September 21, 2018
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And Then There Were (N-One) – Uncanny Magazine
“I considered declining the invitation. It was too weird, too expensive, too far, too dangerous, too weird. Way too weird. An invitation like that would never…”
September 20, 2018
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Consciousness Began When the Gods Stopped Speaking – Issue 54: The Unspoken – Nautilus
“J ulian Jaynes was living out of a couple of suitcases in a Princeton dorm in the early 1970s. He must have been an odd sight there among the undergraduates,…”
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The Hidden Meaning of Kids’ Shapes and Scribbles
“Want to receive exclusive insights from The Atlantic—while supporting a sustainable future for independent journalism? Join our new membership program, The…”
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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer – Robert Epstein | Aeon Essays
“No matter how hard they try, brain scientists and cognitive psychologists will never find a copy of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the brain – or copies of words,…”
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The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart
“Illustration by Amanda Wray Robots are hiding in plain sight. It’s time we stop ignoring them. There’s a chart I came across earlier this year, and not only…”
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The Future of Online Dating Is Unsexy and Brutally Effective
“When I give the dating app LoveFlutter my Twitter handle, it rewards me with a 28-axis breakdown of my personality: I’m an analytic Type A who’s unsettlingly…”
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Don’t let the rich get even richer on the assets we all share | George Monbiot
“‘You can see enclosure at work in the Trump administration’s attempt to destroy net neutrality.’ A protest against plans to roll back net neutrality…”
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The Body That Understands What Fullness Is – Unruly Bodies – Medium
“T he first weight-loss surgery was performed during the 10th century, on D. Sancho, the king of León, Spain. He was so fat that he lost his throne, so he was…”
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What can Aristotle teach us about the routes to happiness? – Edith Hall | Aeon Essays
“In the Western world, only since the mid-18th century has it been possible to discuss ethical questions publicly without referring to Christianity. Modern…”
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“Illustration by Jim Cooke Whitney Phillips Published 05.22.18 Executive Summary Full Report Tips for Reporters The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for…”
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Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong
“From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death,…”
September 19, 2018
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What Universal Human Experiences Are You Missing Without Realizing It?
“Remember Galton’s experiments on visual imagination? Some people just don’t have it. And they never figured it out. They assumed no one had it, and when people…”
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Concept-Shaped Holes Can Be Impossible To Notice
“I. When I wrote about my experiences doing psychotherapy with people, one commenter wondered if I might be schizoid: There are a lot of schizoid people in the…”