The Marginalian
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How To Be Alone
How To Be Alone

Dancing with yourself, how to talk to statues, and what squirrels have to do with love.

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Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot, Animated
Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot, Animated

What the speed of light has to do with the reinvention of agriculture and our fear of tininess.

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The Power of Art: From Rembrandt to Rothko
The Power of Art: From Rembrandt to Rothko

Eight ways to move beyond prettiness, or what the BBC has to do with the appreciation of abstraction.

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Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview
Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview

Why state and economics should remain separate and what the true currency of love is.

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Market Maketh Man: Distortions of Democracy
Market Maketh Man: Distortions of Democracy

Equilibrium, apathy and what John Stuart Mill has to do with medical marijuana.

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Masters of Photography: The Story of Whisky Casks
Masters of Photography: The Story of Whisky Casks

From Spain to Scotland, or what sherry-seasoned oak has to do with transmedia storytelling.

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Visualizing Divisions and Bridges in Cyberspace
Visualizing Divisions and Bridges in Cyberspace

What the Tea Party has to do with Twitter and the anxieties of dating.

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Strange Sounds: 7 Experimental Projects Making Music from Natural Elements
Strange Sounds: 7 Experimental Projects Making Music from Natural Elements

Solar-powered guitars, salty vocals, and what bonsai has to do with liquid music for the deaf.

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The Future of First-Response Environments
The Future of First-Response Environments

Displays for disasters, or what sensors have to do with survival.

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Google Chrome Speed Tests
Google Chrome Speed Tests

What a keytar, an electrocuted boat and an Idaho potato have to do with how fast you surf.

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