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Everything is a Remix, Part 3: The Elements of Creativity
Everything is a Remix, Part 3: The Elements of Creativity

What Gutenberg has to do with Thomas Edison and the secret sauce of Apple.

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Summer Reading List: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine
Summer Reading List: 10 Essential Books for Cognitive Sunshine

The history and future of the Internet, algorithms vs. curators, reinventing education, and how to live with optimism.

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The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity
The Filter Bubble: Algorithm vs. Curator & the Value of Serendipity

How the web gives us what we want to see, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.

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IOU Project: Social Technology Meets Artisanal Tradition
IOU Project: Social Technology Meets Artisanal Tradition

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Computational Origami by MIT’s Erik Demaine
Computational Origami by MIT’s Erik Demaine

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Brian X. Chen on How the iPhone Changed Everything
Brian X. Chen on How the iPhone Changed Everything

Business advice from Steve Jobs, or why everything you knew about multitasking might be wrong.

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The Interface is the Message: Aaron Koblin on Visual Storytelling at TED
The Interface is the Message: Aaron Koblin on Visual Storytelling at TED

What 10,000 sheep have to do with Johnny Cash, Marshall McLuhan and the evolution of storytelling.

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HyperCities: Every Past is a Place
HyperCities: Every Past is a Place

What 17th-century Manhattan has to do with Peru’s grid and the Renaissance in Berlin.

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SubMap: Visualizing Subjective Urban Patterns
SubMap: Visualizing Subjective Urban Patterns

What Twitter in Finland has to do with villages in Hungary and the solipsism of urbanity.

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7 Must-Read Books on the Future of Information and the Internet
7 Must-Read Books on the Future of Information and the Internet

From retrofuturist media prophecies to the cognitive consequences of mobile-everything.

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