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Culture

Aristotle’s work on tragedy survived; his work on comedy did not. We have the classical rules for the one but not the other, and this has biased the development of all western literature. We’ve been off-centre ever since.

Aristotle’s work on tragedy survived; his work on comedy did not. We have the classical rules for the one but not the other, and this …

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Linkblog

A lightning memory, in short, is not so much a matter of capacity as it is of ruthless pruning.

A lightning memory, in short, is not so much a matter of capacity as it is of ruthless pruning.
Forgetting May Be Part of the

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Linkblog

The Long Tail of Google Maps

myoffice2 Everyone’s very excited about the new Street View feature in Google Maps and the cool 3D view in Microsoft maps. And they both are indeed …

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Culture

George Ayittey’s critique of “coconut republics” — too good to keep to ourselves

In the months before each TED, we ask speakers to fill in a short, casual questionnaire for the program guide, answering questions like “Who are …

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Culture

Porn after Paris [Toro]

[Toro, Winter, 2004]
Clip available by request.…

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