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From Invisible Ink to Cryptography, How the American Revolution Did Spycraft and Privacy-Hacking
From Invisible Ink to Cryptography, How the American Revolution Did Spycraft and Privacy-Hacking

What personal data has to do with George Washington’s dabbles in chemistry.

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William Gibson on Cultivating a “Personal Micro-Culture”
William Gibson on Cultivating a “Personal Micro-Culture”

On the building blocks of creativity and acquiring a sense of what feels right.

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Systematic Wonder: A Definition of Science That Accounts for Whimsy
Systematic Wonder: A Definition of Science That Accounts for Whimsy

On “the sheer love of allowing the mental engine to spin free.”

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Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine

“When you can’t create you can work.”

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From Philip Glass to Patti Smith, How 1970s New York Shaped Music for Decades to Come
From Philip Glass to Patti Smith, How 1970s New York Shaped Music for Decades to Come

On “people taking the lousy hands they’d been dealt and dreaming them into music of great consequence.”

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How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love

Why prestige is the enemy of passion, or how to master the balance of setting boundaries and making friends.

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A Brief History of Children’s Picture Books and the Art of Visual Storytelling
A Brief History of Children’s Picture Books and the Art of Visual Storytelling

From cave paintings to Maurice Sendak, or what modern ebooks can learn from mid-century design icons.

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The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Catalog of Humanity
The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Albert Kahn’s Catalog of Humanity

How an early-twentieth-century French banker shaped your favorite Instagram filters.

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Henri’s Walk to Paris: Legendary Designer Saul Bass’s Only Children’s Book, Resurrected Half a Century Later
Henri’s Walk to Paris: Legendary Designer Saul Bass’s Only Children’s Book, Resurrected Half a Century Later

Half a century of anticipation, or what Parisian buses have to do with little yellow birds.

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Kurt Vonnegut on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 2005
Kurt Vonnegut on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 2005

What evolution has to do with unsent letters and everything that’s wrong with war.

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