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A Field Guide to the North American Family: A Meditation on Humanness

A poetic reflection on the human condition, or what fiscal responsibility has to do with freedom.

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7 Essential Books on Optimism

What the love of honey has to do with ancient wisdom, our capacity for hope, and the future of technology.

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The Five Greatest TED Talks of All Time

Democratizing knowledge, the meaning of life, and why everything we know about creativity is wrong.

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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

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Drawn In: A Peek Inside Favorite Artists’ Private Sketchbooks

What the myth of the muse has to do with the discipline of refinement, visual poetry and Shel Silverstein.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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7 Platforms Changing the Future of Publishing and Storytelling

Cutting out the middleman, or what the Nobel Peace Prize has to do with harnessing the potential of tablets.

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A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Great Creators, from Architecture to Advertising to Street Art

What Brazil’s favelas have to do with field science and Milton Glaser’s creative process.

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Words To Live By: 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses

Gifts vs. choices, the benefits of failure, and what calligraphy has to do with Apple’s success.

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5 Must-Read Books by TED Global 2011 Speakers

What the pursuit of pleasure has to do with lie-detection, the history of money and the sorrows of work.

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Search results for “happiness”

A poetic reflection on the human condition, or what fiscal responsibility has to do with freedom.

What the love of honey has to do with ancient wisdom, our capacity for hope, and the future of technology.

Democratizing knowledge, the meaning of life, and why everything we know about creativity is wrong.

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

What the myth of the muse has to do with the discipline of refinement, visual poetry and Shel Silverstein.

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

Cutting out the middleman, or what the Nobel Peace Prize has to do with harnessing the potential of tablets.

What Brazil’s favelas have to do with field science and Milton Glaser’s creative process.

Gifts vs. choices, the benefits of failure, and what calligraphy has to do with Apple’s success.

What the pursuit of pleasure has to do with lie-detection, the history of money and the sorrows of work.

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