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Linda McCartney’s Tender Photographs of The Beatles and Other Icons
Linda McCartney’s Tender Photographs of The Beatles and Other Icons

What the Queen’s speech has to do with Jimi Hendrix’s fro and John Lennon in color.

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Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo: The First True Animation, 1911
Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo: The First True Animation, 1911

What the dawn of animation has to do with progressive microfuding for creativity.

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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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The Ego Trick: Julian Baggini in Search of the Self
The Ego Trick: Julian Baggini in Search of the Self

Why “I” is a verb, or what the building blocks of identity have to do with developing compassion.

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BBC’s The Romantics: The Birth of the Individual in Modern Society
BBC’s The Romantics: The Birth of the Individual in Modern Society

What The French Revolution has to do with the love of nature and the birth of the modern individual.

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Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory
Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory

Getting schooled in the arts and sciences, or what literature has to do with lepidoptery.

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BBC’s The Beauty of Maps
BBC’s The Beauty of Maps

What cartographic creativity has to do with the limitations of copyright law.

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Anything You Want: Derek Sivers on the Secrets of Entrepreneurship
Anything You Want: Derek Sivers on the Secrets of Entrepreneurship

Why not to trust futurists, or what the entrepreneurial power of empathy has to do with the art of letting go.

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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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Molly Landreth’s Tender Vintage Portraits of Modern Queer Life
Molly Landreth’s Tender Vintage Portraits of Modern Queer Life

What Victorian photography has to do with a watershed moment for modern democracy and human rights.

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