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The Art of Rube Goldberg

The Art of Rube Goldberg

“An artist who followed the logic of the machine to its comic climax.”

A Ghost of Evolution: The Curious Case of the Avocado, Which Should Be Extinct But Still Exists

A Ghost of Evolution: The Curious Case of the Avocado, Which Should Be Extinct But Still Exists

“Even after thirteen thousand years, avocado is clueless that the great mammals are gone.”

Hemingway on Not Writing for Free and How to Run a First-Rate Publication

Hemingway on Not Writing for Free and How to Run a First-Rate Publication

Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs.

Young vs. Old, Male vs. Female, Intuition vs. Intellect: Susan Sontag on How the Stereotypes and Polarities of Culture Imprison Us

Young vs. Old, Male vs. Female, Intuition vs. Intellect: Susan Sontag on How the Stereotypes and Polarities of Culture Imprison Us

“The young-old polarization and the male-female polarization are perhaps the two leading stereotypes that imprison people.”

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