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Phil Holmes, one of the great English teachers of his generation, is standing before a class of high school seniors, trampling all over their self-esteem.

Phil Holmes, one of the great English teachers of his generation, is standing before a class of high school seniors, trampling all over their self-esteem.…

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Information may be free, but, as Horning explains, it exacts a price in the time required to collect, organize, and consume it. As we binge on the Net, the time available for other intellectual activities – like, say, thinking – shrinks. Eventually, we get bloated, mentally, and a kind of intellectual nausea sets in. But we can’t stop because – hey – it’s free.

Information may be free, but, as Horning explains, it exacts a price in the time required to collect, organize, and consume it. As we binge …

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World Science Festival — World Science Festival 2008 – Five Day Science Festival In New York City Featuring Nobel Laureates Co-Founded by Brian Greene

World Science Festival — World Science Festival 2008 – Five Day Science Festival In New York City Featuring Nobel Laureates Co-Founded by Brian Greene…

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The World Science Festival, a five-day cosmic fair intended to make New York safe for science, slipped into town Wednesday with the announcement of $1 million Kavli Prizes to a bunch of astronomers, brain scientists and nanotechnologists; a one-day heavyweight conference of Nobelists and other serious thinkers at Columbia; and a gala under the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History. The day was bookended by speeches by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Senator Charles E. Schumer, who made a surprise visit to the museum party.

The World Science Festival, a five-day cosmic fair intended to make New York safe for science, slipped into town Wednesday with the announcement of $1 …

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Great cultural belles lettres, courtesy of Tomorrow Museum (via fimoculous)

Great cultural belles lettres, courtesy of Tomorrow Museum (via fimoculous)…

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[from Nick Denton] @Choire: The entangling of literary, journalistic and romantic relationships is a topic worthy of Gawker. You can’t understand how the media works unless you know who dated whom. Every job, every magazine commission, every anonymous quote, every resentment-they can only be fully understood if you know that X went to school with Y who introduced them to Z who commissioned X to write that magazine piece which turned into a book contract lined up by Y’s former lover. When you and I chat over lunch, that’s how we talk. Why should all this information be reserved for the private conversations of media insiders? That’s why Gawker exists: to put all of that invaluable social information out on the web and make the media machine a little less monolithic and intimidating than it can so often seem.

[from Nick Denton] @Choire: The entangling of literary, journalistic and romantic relationships is a topic worthy of Gawker. You can’t understand how the media works …

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Cloister Cafe (2.0/5) on Yelp.com

Cloister Cafe (2.0/5) on Yelp.com
Five-star courtyard patio, which rates as a botanical wonderland by Manhattan standards. Dopey one-star service, and a warm Sierra Nevada …

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George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone…

George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone…

George Saunders has an idea for a TV show: everyone on earth thinks that they …

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