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The Apology Line
The Apology Line

How to exorcise your indiscretions, or what art from the 80’s has to do with modern guilt.

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Live Now: In-the-Moment Inspiration
Live Now: In-the-Moment Inspiration

A true exercise in art therapy, or what all motivational posters should aspire to be.

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Death by Design
Death by Design

Minimizing your mortal footprint, or how to write a shopping list — literally — with the dead.

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Gift Guide Part One: Books
Gift Guide Part One: Books

How to be a cool and cultured polyglot of a friend and friend of the polyglot.

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World AIDS Day Spotlight: Interview with Travis McCoy
World AIDS Day Spotlight: Interview with Travis McCoy

What a pair of sneakers has to do with a bridge in Manila and mobile cinema in South Africa.

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10 More Great Cross-Disciplinary Conferences
10 More Great Cross-Disciplinary Conferences

More ways to get stimulated in public, or how to fit a wealth of innovation into a plenary session.

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The Red Book: When Carl Jung Lost and Found His Soul
The Red Book: When Carl Jung Lost and Found His Soul

Psychotherapy as theater, or interpreting the imagery of one of history’s most famous interpreters.

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Interview with Dava Viz Star Pedro Monteiro
Interview with Dava Viz Star Pedro Monteiro

Why data viz must have a prominent seat at the newsroom table, or how the Internet is increasing the need for aesthetics.

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Top 10 Contemporary Cross-Disciplinary Conferences
Top 10 Contemporary Cross-Disciplinary Conferences

Ideas in real life, or how to increase the statistical probability of finding a clown, Malcolm Gladwell, and a rocket scientist in the same room.

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Super-Smart Learning
Super-Smart Learning

Why playing Oregon Trail is like learning basic Japanese, or how to beat the Ebbinghaus Curve.

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