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Oblique Strategies: Brian Eno’s Prompts for Overcoming Creative Block, Inspired by John Cage

Oblique Strategies: Brian Eno’s Prompts for Overcoming Creative Block, Inspired by John Cage

“If a thing can be said, it can be said simply.”

The Futurist Cookbook: 11 Rules for a Perfect Meal and an Anti-Pasta Manifesto circa 1932

The Futurist Cookbook: 11 Rules for a Perfect Meal and an Anti-Pasta Manifesto circa 1932

Optimism at the table, or why the dark void of the soul can’t be stuffed with spaghetti.

Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence

Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence

How top-down attention, feedback loops, and daydreaming play into the science of success.

Jane Goodall on Science and Spirit: The Iconic Primatologist Talks to Bill Moyers and Reads Her Poem “The Old Wisdom”

Jane Goodall on Science and Spirit: The Iconic Primatologist Talks to Bill Moyers and Reads Her Poem “The Old Wisdom”

“As human beings, we can encompass a vague feeling of what the universe is, and all in this funny little brain here — so there has to be something more than just brain, it has to be something to do with spirit as well.”

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