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7 Essential Books on Data Visualization & Computational Art
7 Essential Books on Data Visualization & Computational Art

What 12 million human emotions have to do with civilian air traffic and the order of the universe.

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7 Platforms Changing the Future of Publishing and Storytelling
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
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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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books
(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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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 Platforms for Collaborative Creation for the Post-Industrial Age
7 Platforms for Collaborative Creation for the Post-Industrial Age

Reining in the maker movement, or what 3-D printed bikinis have to do with adjustable-height dog dishes.

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5 Fantastic Daily Email Newsletters for a Better Life
5 Fantastic Daily Email Newsletters for a Better Life

What world peace has to do with dog soap and why everything you knew about baby carrots is wrong.

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10 Beautiful Typographic Covers of Non-Typography Books
10 Beautiful Typographic Covers of Non-Typography Books

What 12 million human emotions have to do with iconic industrial design and the science of memes.

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Words To Live By: 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses
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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Happy Birthday, Frank Capra: 5 Essential Films
Happy Birthday, Frank Capra: 5 Essential Films

What war propaganda has to do with vintage Hollywood romance and the American political process.

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