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Reads tagged with “politics”

Kurt Vonnegut’s Fictional Interviews with Luminaries
Kurt Vonnegut’s Fictional Interviews with Luminaries

What near-death experiences have to do with Shakespeare, Jesus and Isaac Asimov.

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Urban Iran: A Rare Look at Iran’s Street Art Scene
Urban Iran: A Rare Look at Iran’s Street Art Scene

Presaging the Twitter revolution by way of graffiti.

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Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue
Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue

Diplomacy by way of street art, or what Gaza has to do with Banksy.

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Tweets from Tahrir: Rare Record of a Revoltuion
Tweets from Tahrir: Rare Record of a Revoltuion

What Gladwell’s fallacies have to do with changing media models and political paradigms.

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5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong
5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong

What Ronald Reagan has to do with gorilla costumes, Shakespeare and fake pennies.

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Out of Character: The Psychology of Good and Evil
Out of Character: The Psychology of Good and Evil

What Aristotle has to do with Tiger Woods and the story of the world.

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Lawrence Lessig on the Free Access Movement
Lawrence Lessig on the Free Access Movement

Open access to knowledge, a business model for science, and the value of “uncool” innovation.

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Edward Burtynsky’s Oil
Edward Burtynsky’s Oil

What vintage airplanes have to do with Chinese bridges and tire retirement.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye on Genocide, Running and Forgiveness
Gilbert Tuhabonye on Genocide, Running and Forgiveness

What the human capacity for evil has to do with the divine gift of joy.

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Noma Bar’s Negative Space Illustrations
Noma Bar’s Negative Space Illustrations

What hippies have to do with Wall Street, Iraq and the Little Red Riding Hood.

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