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Bukowski, American Dream in China, Wolf of Wall Street, Julio Cortazar and Best Exercises by Havard
What Julio Cortázar Might Teach Us About Teaching Writing Writing is rarely a pursuit of answers but, rather, about investigation—of the self, of one’s work, and of the world at large. Highlighted Article Wolf of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort: ‘The lessons of the crash have been forgotten’ Something is off and there is going to…
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Influencer Industry, Financial Bubbles, Shipping Containers, Tech Imperialism and The Race Against Automation and AI.
The New Culture of Poverty American politics has reinvigorated the study of poor and working-class communities. How Hollywood Manipulates you Using Your Childhood Memories It’s not that we’ve run out of fresh ideas: It’s that the old ones are safer money-making bets. Home in Shipping Container Shipping containers, as we know them today, are the…
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Mozart’s Sister, Oligarchies, Who Invented Emojis, Endangered Knowledge and Dark Chocolate
Meet Shigetaka Kurita: The Man Who Created Emojis and Made Them a Global Language It all started in 1998 with one man making the most of limitations. The Language of Enslavement – Lingua Franca – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education Bringing enslavement into the present and using active verbs and language to highlight…
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MIT Research, Elon Musk, Hitler’s Interests, First Nations of Canada and Shenzhen, the Factory.
How Elon Musk Started – Infographic Cool infograph on how Elon started. Forget what your school says, MIT research proves Wikipedia is a source for science We all benefit when researched is shared. The meaning of Google’s Samuel Johnson doodle The man who was first given credit for the dictionary. Learn a little bit about…
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Nestle’s Billions, Amazon and Sears Similarities, Italian Influence in South America and Overcoming Procrastination
5 Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination Why do we procrastinate? Read about the 7 triggers, its all emotional. How Italians Influenced a South American Dialect Great story on how Italians influenced a South American Country. Researchers discover the key to long-term memory Interesting research on CaMKII. Struggling to Lose Weight? Science Proves This Common Marketing…
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The Language of Color, Follow the Money, Learn Japanese and Chinese Millennials
Analyzing The Language of Color Cognitive scientists find that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones. China’s Millennials Are Driving World Travel Growth Of the 400 million Chinese millennials, they will take 70% more trips abroad by 2020. Follow The Money The men of the Cali Cartel and how they got their…
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British Empire and Exotic Tastes, Basquiat and Digital Age, Getting What You Want and Saving Hacks
The glories of empire — and Britain’s taste for the exotic How did the British fall in love with tea and other foreign tastes? How Jean-Michel Basquiat predicted our identity-obsessed digital age Basquiat, the prophet. How he predicted our saturated conscious 24/7 digital life would be like. Up next: nothing? How information overload is impacting…
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Blockchain and Data, Spend Money, Do Research and Read More, Learn More and China and Rare Earth
Do the Research (11/365) For every $100 spent, is one hour of research enough? Need Creative Inspiration? Turn Off Those Screens I agree! Turn off those screens and be outside or read a book. Do you? Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration Some tips: Spend time in your own head, just start anything…
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Chinese Netizens Pay For Content, BlockChain, Math Mindsets, Germany Academics
Chinese Netizens More Willing To Pay For Content Online, Say Experts and Industry Players Are you willing to pay for content? The 7 Habits of Calmness Don’t rush in the morning and reduce your noise are my favorites. Chinese Children Crush Americans In Math Thanks To a Mindset Americans Only Display In One Place: Sports…
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Invest In Yourself, We Are Still In The Beginning Of The Beginning and A Book Recommendation
The Internet Is Still at the Beginning of Its Beginning I wonder what it will be like in 30 years from now? All In This Tea (2007) A cool documentary about organic tea. Check out Digital History! It is a source on all U.S. History online. If You’re Not Going to Invest in Yourself, What…