Steven Johnson’s fantastic new compendium of essays, interviews, and insights on innovation by big thinkers like Richard Florida, John Seely Brown, Peter Drucker and many more.
From the cochlea to Coachella, or what mathematical ratios have to do with the enjoyability of melodies – an illustrated explanation by mathemagician Vi Hart.
A brief history of animation’s beginnings through the seminal work of five early animation pioneers.
How designers and artists are re-discovering the analog magic of paper in the digital age to craft stride-stopping visual storytelling.
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7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living
How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence
Why Time Slows Down When We’re Afraid, Speeds Up as We Age, and Gets Warped While on Vacation
How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time
Fail Safe: Debbie Millman on Courage and the Creative Life
Great Writers on the Creative Benefits of Keeping a Diary
What Is Love? Notable Definitions from 400 Years of Literary History
The Daily Routines of Great Writers
Albert Einstein on the Secret to Learning Anything
Carl Sagan on Science and Spirituality
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter
The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and The Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
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