Reads by Maria Popova

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Reads by Maria Popova

Music Meets Philosophy: The Happiness Project

Neighborly wisdom, music innovation, and the extraordinariness of ordinary human speech.

Mobile Mobile: The Christmas Tree Retought

Dusty phones, giant chandeliers, and a post-modern Christmas tree that tweets.

DoGooder: Do Nothing, Change Everything

How to bypass annoyance with slick design and serious dogoodness.

The Bookshelf Rethought: 5 Innovative Designs

Earthquakes, minimalism, and how to reconcile your inner bookworm with your design fetish.

The Story of Cap & Trade

What lurks beneath the buzzwords and how to digest the hard-to-swallow.

Gift Guide Part 3: Free

DIY goodness, intellectual enrichment, and how to go cheap without being cheap.

A Stop-Motion Treat from BBC Radio 1

42,000 antidotes to anonymity, or how to close the feedback loop by opening up the silo.

Uncovered Gem: Bono Reads Bukowski’s “Roll The Dice”

“If you’re gonna try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”

The Subjectivity of Science, Crowdsourced

What scientific rationale has to do with Buddhist philosophy and mapping the Internet.

The Pink and Blue Projects: Exploring the Genderization of Color

How political correctness resulted in enforcing a universal, cross-cultural gender stereotype.

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Reads by Maria Popova

Neighborly wisdom, music innovation, and the extraordinariness of ordinary human speech.

Dusty phones, giant chandeliers, and a post-modern Christmas tree that tweets.

How to bypass annoyance with slick design and serious dogoodness.

Earthquakes, minimalism, and how to reconcile your inner bookworm with your design fetish.

What lurks beneath the buzzwords and how to digest the hard-to-swallow.

DIY goodness, intellectual enrichment, and how to go cheap without being cheap.

42,000 antidotes to anonymity, or how to close the feedback loop by opening up the silo.

“If you’re gonna try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”

What scientific rationale has to do with Buddhist philosophy and mapping the Internet.

How political correctness resulted in enforcing a universal, cross-cultural gender stereotype.

View Full Site