culture
The tech billionaire Elon Musk releases a song where he performs himself.
Gallup found that in 2019, movie attendance didn’t even come close to library visits.
Establishing cultural rights to protect diverse groups may not be the answer.
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The actor’s greatest heroes exhibited humility in their actions, a view he tries to emulate.
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More than ever before, we’re aware of the tragedy and suffering that goes on in the world. But does that mean we can do more about it?
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“You get to this age, you realize that there are people who will not like what you do no matter what you do,” says Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie.
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The internet has given us the opportunity to stay informed better than ever. It’s also given us the ability to misinform ourselves — delude ourselves — beyond belief.
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A review of Matthew Engelke’s How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
CuriosityStream is a non-fiction streaming platform of over 2,000 documentary features and series that open up every facet of our planet, our times and our universe.
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Data centers are likely to consume up to 4.1% of electricity around the globe by 2030. Can they go green?
Maya Angelou will be commemorated in a new permanent art installation in San Francisco. Poet and novelist, Angelou had a storied relationship with the city. She attended the George Washington […]
Jokesters and serious Area 51 raiders would be met with military force.
Country music deserves better cultural ambassadors.
The ‘People Map of the United States’ zooms in on America’s obsession with celebrity
How many abortions are actually performed? Survey dat reveal the complexity in the raging debate.
Why the culture that destroyed attention spans is now turning to podcasts.
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Modern notions about the Illuminati are the result of a satirical cult-classic book.
The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.
A new generation is waiting for the whimsy and wit of Dr. Seuss.
Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.
How did psychedelics and computers converge?
Saudade: the untranslatable Portuguese word that names the presence of absence and takes melancholy delight in what’s gone.
Hawking, who died in March, answers questions like “Is there a God?” and “Is time travel possible?” in his final book, which is available today.
Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two people, one a doctor and one a survivor of ISIS captivity, for their work in raising international awareness about wartime sexual violence.
Researchers at the Rotman School of Management discovered that past victories rarely translate into new environments.
Some things in life just can’t be explained. And that’s okay.
Bret Weinstein says that we’re at the end of a massive technological and geographic boom, and that we should prepare for the next step in our societal evolution. Yet the future may not be optimistic for all. A cultural backlash to change, he says, is inevitable.
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