Monthly Archives: July 2015

Meet The Man Who Flies Around The World For Free

Meet The Man Who Flies Around The World For Free from: July 20, 2015 at 07:06PM

Examining the U.S.-Germany Relationship

Examining the U.S.-Germany Relationship from: July 20, 2015 at 06:45PM

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Oh my god THIS. IS. THE. TRUTH. h/t @TheSamhita pic.twitter.com/6HO4paQ3cj — Juliana Britto (@JulianaBrittoS) July 18, 2015 via https://twitter.com/JulianaBrittoS

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Puppies are basically just backloaded contracts — Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) July 20, 2015 via https://twitter.com/euqubud

Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers

Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers from: July 18, 2015 at 07:58PM

Mark Ronson Will Uptown Funk Your Dinner Party Up

Mark Ronson Will Uptown Funk Your Dinner Party Up from: July 18, 2015 at 10:43AM

Defending Marriage: Where’s The Anthropology?

Defending Marriage: Where’s The Anthropology? “Anderson and others who want to defend a fundamental truth about marriage—will need to take a similar approach. They need to go much further back in human history—to explore the origins of human monogamy—and draw upon the science behind it to make their case. A tall order? Absolutely. But without […]

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Sage career advice from Hal Varian: "Be an expensive complement (stats knowhow) to something that's getting cheaper (data)" — Andrew McAfee (@amcafee) July 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/amcafee

Painting a Life

Painting a Life On the unfinished nature of Chinese paintings: “The story goes, a man entered a painting competition to see who could draw the best snake. The man drew a snake faster than anyone else, and feeling quite smug at finishing first, decided to add legs and little feet to his snake. Predictably, the […]

Could Neurons Have Evolved Twice?

Could Neurons Have Evolved Twice? from: July 16, 2015 at 11:03AM

Social Institutions and Software

Social Institutions and Software from: July 15, 2015 at 10:29PM

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Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite. ― @umairh — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) July 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar

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@umairh https://t.co/FsglfvdRfK …Deliver seven second audio clips which will encourage young-ish people… to turn a little red knob… — Thomas Jerome Newton (@KingTherapy) July 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/KingTherapy

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Baseball and BRAAAAAAINS is really, really interesting. http://t.co/1pVrmUaCYj pic.twitter.com/pgTqJlEAhV — Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) July 15, 2015 via https://twitter.com/mccoveychron

Our Identity as Relational Beings: a posthumanist response to claims of exploitation in the story of creation

Our Identity as Relational Beings: a posthumanist response to claims of exploitation in the story of creation from: July 14, 2015 at 10:40AM

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@kenarneson if you haven't already, make sure you watch the 1960s Dr Who & Daleks movies. They're superb. — Les Rosbifs (@LesRosbifs) July 14, 2015 via https://twitter.com/LesRosbifs

The End of Leadership

The End of Leadership “There are many ways in which, in this Age of Fracture, the institution of modernity are decaying, sputtering out, breaking down. But one of the most significant, insidious, and damaging is that they no longer seem to reliably produce leaders — but demagogues. And, in turn, demagogues are, of course, historical bellwethers of […]

Joseph Stiglitz Tells a PSST Story

Joseph Stiglitz Tells a PSST Story from: July 11, 2015 at 12:44PM

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Don't drop out! There's still value in college. My thoughts: https://t.co/vFSiN2Lf8Z — Alex Kern (@KernCanCode) July 7, 2015 via https://twitter.com/KernCanCode

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Paradox of creativity – 10 contradictory traits exhibited by creative people as described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi http://t.co/6UdUYjOUou — John Hagel (@jhagel) July 10, 2015 via https://twitter.com/jhagel