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Why I Broke Up With Lena Dunham
by New York
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How To Make It In America
Yes, you (a U.S. citizen by birth) can probably pass the U.S. Citizenship test.
Let's All Go To The Movies...
...in a theater.
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When Jerks Get Rich
"The Fund" proves that wealth has nothing to do with being a good person, even if, like Ray Dalio, you think you've developed "The Principles" of living…
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Remembering Anne Burrell
Cooking shows, Food Network and the gamification of life.
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Happy Birthday, Gatsby
It really is "The Great American novel."
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Assassins at 35
Everybody's got a right to their dreams
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As a Busy Executive, I Don't Have Time To Read..."
"Smart Brevity," speed-reading and other shortcuts that just aren't good enough.
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Entering the Belanverse
Notes from the Precipice of "Cognitive Load"
Voppenheimegut!
It's Oppenheimer + Kurt Vonnegut (no offense to Barbie implied)
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In Praise of BookBub
The great remainder table of online reading.
Surveillance and Sensibility
Public life when everything can be seen (and altered) in real time.
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