pop-culture
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10 Great Novels to Fracture & Expand Your Perspective
The best stories fracture us and nestle into the cracks. They puncture our stale, fiber-thin worldviews, creating space for depth and insight. Through them we live and die many times, see through many eyes, and glimpse a reality beyond self-interest and hereditary prejudice. Through them we sample more of the fat plum of the world.
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The Power of the Behind The Scenes Worker
A conversation with David Zweig, author of Invisibles, on the power of the behind the scenes worker.
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Breaking Boundaries: An Arabesque on Art, Creativity and Scholarship-Kip Jones and Patricia Leavy
Kip Jones and Patricia Leavy engage two interflowing lines of thought to produce an impression of their individual ways of working with tools from the arts to create scholarship.
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How Storytelling Can Serve Science
A conversation with Thomas Lin, editor of Quanta Magazine, on how storytelling can serve science
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Seven Life Lessons From Making Sushi
Here is some wisdom distilled from a great sushi chef on how to master your craft and live a life of success.
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Twenty Questions with Artist-Scholars Kip Jones and Patricia Leavy
"My experiences have made me curious about the kinds of academics that are more likely to take risks, cross borders, adapt the arts and experiment by presenting their work in new ways. I’m curious about the make-up and motivations of other arts-based researchers, and what they can teach us about the creative process." Patricia Leavy
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Inspiring Creativity - A Liberatum short film presented by illy (Video)
Inspiring Creativity is a short film created by Liberatum, directed by Pablo Ganguli and Tomas Auksas, and presented by illy, featuring 21 artists and cultural figures from art, fashion, film, design, technology and music.
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What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Compassion
Here's what recent findings in neuroscience and neurobiology can teach us about compassion.
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Are You Mentally Tough?
People who are mentally tough have a psychological edge that enables them to cope better than their opponents with the many demands that sports place on a performer, and they are also more consistent and better than their opponents in remaining determined, focused, confident, and in control under pressure.
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Here’s Everything That’s Wrong With Our ‘Under 30’ Obsession
Here are seven reasons we need to do away with the "Under 25/30/35/40" lists and celebrate success (in whatever form it may come) at every age.
