Snobby sorbet, bands in town, circus in Brooklyn, the looked-at unseen, global warming in aisle 9, an imaginary nail in the record industry’s coffin, and how Google is saving the world while, you know, taking over it. Welcome to the Things To Look At, Things To See issue. BETA WAY TO GET AROUND Okay, most […]
Air-fueled taxicabs, conspiracy theories, a very special fly, Ryan Seacrest, what L.L. Bean has on Budweiser, the world’s most expensive Phil Collins record, hypersonic travel, and butts. Welcome to The Flying-with-the-Future-while-Mooning-the-Past Issue. DRIVING ON AIR Brace yourselves, people, for this may be the best thing to happen to the planet since Al Gore. A rather […]
18th century hoaxes, Al Gore’s favorite shopping portal, the U.S. vs. Bulgaria, why we need a brain appreciation day, the world’s most digital fabric pattern, and, oh, hot sex. Welcome to The Sex-and-Sensibility Issue. HUMAN VS. MACHINE: CHECK-MATE In every sci-fi movie we’ve seen, androids always seem to come short on something, be it intellectual […]
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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
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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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