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Culture

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Culture

Bio Mapping

It’s an art project that doubles as a tourist guide.

via Very Short List and Kurtis Kolt.…

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Culture

‘Lost In the Meritocracy’

Better yet, theory was intent on proving the illegitimacy of all those great books he’d never read. “We skipped straight from ignorance to revisionism,” he

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Culture

Caught in the Net

Whatever prophets of the net say, information for its own sake is not power. Power is power. The relentless gush of electronic information and invitations

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Culture

‘Breathtaking’ Document Reveals Pepsi’s Logo is Pinnacle of Entire Universe

Theres intellectual property in there.

Indeed! Also: This is the part I love about advertising. Internal Memos: ‘Breathtaking’ Document Reveals Pepsi’s Logo is Pinnacle of Entire Universe

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Culture

The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation — Sam Anderson

Best magazine essay I’ve read in the last year. No jokes about skimming: read it.

Over the last several years, the problem of attention has

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Culture

Brewster Kahle – How Google Threatens Books

Broad access is the greatest promise of our digital age. Giving control over such access to one company, no matter how clever or popular, is …

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Researchers Making New Literary Discoveries That Will Eventually Be Owned By Google

Originally in:

[Link.] Via The Awl.…

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Creative minds: the links between mental illness and creativity

[Via The Independent.] Creative minds in all kinds of areas, from science to poetry, and mathematics to humour, may have traits associated with …

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