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Elevator Groupthink: An Ingenious 1962 Psychology Experiment in Conformity
Elevator Groupthink: An Ingenious 1962 Psychology Experiment in Conformity

What vintage Candid Camera can teach us about the cultural role of the global Occupy movement.

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Dear Art World: William Powhida’s Critique of Everything That’s Wrong with Contemporary Culture
Dear Art World: William Powhida’s Critique of Everything That’s Wrong with Contemporary Culture

From Facebook to plutarchy, or what Mr. Softee has to do with the war on terror the 99 percent.

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Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture
Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture

What the French ideology from 1791 has to do with creative meritocracy and the future of information.

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All Nothing: Poetic 1978 Animated Allegory about Mankind’s Greed
All Nothing: Poetic 1978 Animated Allegory about Mankind’s Greed

Frédéric Back’s beautiful short film about harmony and the tragic entitlement of our species.

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The Toaster Project: A DIY Quest for the Origins of Stuff
The Toaster Project: A DIY Quest for the Origins of Stuff

A nine-month journey to find what we lost between fifteenth-century smelting and China’s factories.

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Occupy Scales of Wealth: Income Inequality Visualized as NYC Map
Occupy Scales of Wealth: Income Inequality Visualized as NYC Map

From Red Hook to Prince Edward Island by way of the 99 percent.

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Gay in America: A Photographic Tapestry of Faceted Humanity
Gay in America: A Photographic Tapestry of Faceted Humanity

A cultural leap forward, or what Alaskan fishermen, Oregonian fathers, and NYC artists have in common.

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From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest
From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest

What Billie Holiday has to do with Burma, growing your own marijuana, and the American Revolution.

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MetaMaus: Inside the Making of the Comic that Made History
MetaMaus: Inside the Making of the Comic that Made History

Why comics? Why mice? Why the Holocaust?

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Public Science Triumphs: Cat-Inspired Computing of the Future
Public Science Triumphs: Cat-Inspired Computing of the Future

Why your cat is 83 times smarter than your computer, or how government funding can bridge the gap.

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