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Happy Birthday, George Orwell: BBC’s 1954 1984 Adaptation
Happy Birthday, George Orwell: BBC’s 1954 1984 Adaptation

From Big Brother to Little Brother, or what Newspeak has to do with the API economy.

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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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Stolen Moments: Secret Glimpses of Neighbors’ Lives
Stolen Moments: Secret Glimpses of Neighbors’ Lives

What Lower East Side kisses have to do with oil painting and the age of surveillance.

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The Creative (Re)Touch
The Creative (Re)Touch

Aliens, the real Iron Man, and what an orangutan has to say about your electric bill.

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Down With The Man | Part 5
Down With The Man | Part 5

Why being fake has never been easier. Welcome to the Down With The Man issue: Part 5.

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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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7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less
7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less

Inconspicuous consumption, or what lunching ladies have to do with social web karma.

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AnthroPosts: Analog Post-It Found Art, Digitized
AnthroPosts: Analog Post-It Found Art, Digitized

Voyeurism, organic apricots, and indulging the human penchant for patternicity.

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Hodgepodge of Cool | Mindless Fun
Hodgepodge of Cool | Mindless Fun

We continue our weekly tribute to all the random, eclectic awesome stuff out there. Welcome to Part 2 of the Hodgepodge of Cool issue: Mindless Fun, or what blue balls and Stephen King have in common.

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Didn’t See It Coming
Didn’t See It Coming

Antidextrous art, the perfect drink, flipping off physics, why you should always (ALWAYS!) listen to us, who (kinda) rocked out 2007, what new disaster you should be worrying about, all that manlove, and absolutely nothing to do with Thanksgiving, turkeys or the word “gobble.” Welcome to the Didn’t See It Coming issue.

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