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Everything is a Remix Part 4: System Failure
Everything is a Remix Part 4: System Failure

A brief history of intellectual property, or why 1790 was more culturally progressive than 2012.

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Six Vintage-Inspired Animations on Critical Thinking
Six Vintage-Inspired Animations on Critical Thinking

A field guide to the art and science of the solid argument.

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The Death of the Editor and the Rise of the Circulation Manager
The Death of the Editor and the Rise of the Circulation Manager

A 1923 critique of everything that’s wrong with media today.

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: A Story of Passion and Possibility
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: A Story of Passion and Possibility

What bamboo poles and bicycle chains have to do with sparking the spirit of entrepreneurship.

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Woz on Creativity: Work Alone
Woz on Creativity: Work Alone

Groupthink, the origin of originality, and why most inventors are like artists.

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How McLuhan, Agel, and Fiore Created a New Visual Vernacular for the Information Age
How McLuhan, Agel, and Fiore Created a New Visual Vernacular for the Information Age

The rise of the experimental paperback and how ‘typophotography’ paved the information superhighway.

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace: Adam Curtis on How Technology Limits Us
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace: Adam Curtis on How Technology Limits Us

What Ayn Rand has to do with the Occupy movement.

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An Animated History of Human Communication: 1965 Educational Film about the Telephone
An Animated History of Human Communication: 1965 Educational Film about the Telephone

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Why We Like the New and Shiny: A History and Future of Neophilia
Why We Like the New and Shiny: A History and Future of Neophilia

What five-year-old Albert Einstein can teach us about serendipity and the filter bubble of information.

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Manuel Lima on the Power of Knowledge Networks in the Age of Infinite Connectivity
Manuel Lima on the Power of Knowledge Networks in the Age of Infinite Connectivity

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