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How I went from fashion model to software engineer in 1 year

In 2015 I knew almost nothing about coding. Today, I’m a software engineer and a teacher at a code school for kids.

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Madison Kanna

Michel de Montaigne on How to Learn a Language Effortlessly

When we try to learn languages, most of us miss the point.

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Charles Chu

A Letter of Resignation

Walking away, and the hardest thing I’ve ever written.

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John Gorman

What it’s like to compete on — and win—Food Network’s “Chopped”

In the first 3 seconds of footage of me cooking in the Chopped kitchen (Season 33, Episode 4), I’m cursing like a drunk frat kid. I believe…

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Brooke Siem
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How America’s Healthcare System Got So Jacked Up — and How We Can Fix It

My father served in the U.S. military for the nearly three decades — a few years first in the Army, then twenty-three in the Air Force. By…

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Jonathan Clark
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A Tale of Two Eyebrows

As a young kid, I seemed to have a handful of friends with parents who were in the midst of a divorce. How awful their parents must be, I…

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Laura Anderson
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Your Shitty Relationships are Hijacking Your Time

Start operating from a place of inspiration, not obligation.

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Wellth Works
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Rebecca Skloot Has Too Much Information

The author of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks discusses the challenges of multi-threaded narratives, the joys of reporting in a Hazmat…

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Trash night

“He watches guiltily from his kitchen window…”

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Lizella Prescott
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The difference between good photos and beautiful photos

Good photos tell stories. Average photos are just beautiful

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Martino Pietropoli
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Lost Letters From Cassini

At last the REAL story of the Cassini spacecraft can be told. Read the letters NASA doesn’t want you to see!

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E.R. Ellsworth
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The United States v. Facebook

Enabling Russia’s electoral interference should prompt new regulations

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Nicholas Grossman
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How to Go to a Sex Party for Work

Working as an editor and writer at Playboy was just a job, except when it wasn’t. A series of personal essays on navigating work and life…

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Facebook’s Frankenstein Moment

A series of scandals have opened up the possibility that the company may have created something it can’t fully control.

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The New York Times

A Letter of Resignation

Walking away, and the hardest thing I’ve ever written.

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John Gorman

The Art of Building Skateparks

Evergreen Skateparks: Bringing skaters, artists and communities together. With owners, Billy & Catherine Coulon

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Jeff Gorra

Analyzing 40 Years Of Star Wars Box Office Success And The Future Of Cinema

[UPDATE #1 — A few readers have messaged me about the charts not displaying properly. This is because the Plotly graphs haven’t been…

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Stephen Tracy
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How do we use AI for our automated vehicles? Very carefully.

AI isn’t the right tool for every job, but AI can be used to make our systems much more capable and robust.

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Glen De Vos

How VR is Revolutionizing the Way Future Doctors are Learning About Our Bodies

Wearing virtual reality goggles, Jordan Holler was hard at work taking apart muscles inside of a body.

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UC San Francisco (UCSF)

How do you solve a problem like technology? A systems approach to digital regulation

Digital technologies deserve democratic standards and accountability. At Doteveryone, we’ve been thinking about whether digital regulation…

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Rachel Coldicutt
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Amazon bones up on history with eye on ‘smart glasses’

Centuries-old technique — bone conduction — to power group’s new high-tech eyewear

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The Financial Times

Robots may take your job, but they can also plan your retirement

Alex Gray, Formative Content

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World Economic Forum
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The Surprisingly Technical Process of Interior Design

This article (and audio segment) is about how technical “actual” interior design can be and how the pop-culture vision of the design…

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How to Write an Allegory Like George Orwell

I think the current political climate is crying out for another great allegory. Don’t you?

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ProWritingAid

The Marvelous Peace in Not Publishing

I have written more words in the past year than I have in all the years of my life combined, and almost none of them have been published. I…

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Paul Cantor

Storms of Sensation

A heart-pounding romp of romance, sexual tension, and interesting grammatical approaches to mental health management.

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Rach Cruickshank

One Thing You Can Do to Feel More Creative Today

The word Creativity is used a lot in our language and culture these days, but do you consider yourself a creative person? Being creative…

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Catylator
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7 minute read to save $100,000 on your app idea.

I love founders. I love the energy they bring to this world. I love how they find business problems to solve in the least (or most…

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Nitesh Agrawal

3 Things You Can Learn From Jeff Bezos About Making Smart Decisions

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Zat Rana
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How I save 32 hours a month by outsourcing everything — except my work

Before you hire creative staff, hire people to do your chores.

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Rob Howard

How You Can (but shouldn’t) Patent an App Idea

In many cases, attempting to patent a mobile app is ill advised: as a costly, lengthy, and difficult process, it can eat up precious…

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Josiah Humphrey

The Terrorists of Capitalism, Pt. II: On The Blindfolded Leading The Naked

Silicon Valley won’t lead us to the promise land, and neither will the ethos of the grind.

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Alexis P. Morgan
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Bono on How U2’s ‘Songs of Experience’ Evolved, Taking on Donald Trump

“I’ve always believed in working across the aisle … but there’s a bully on the bully pulpit and silence is not an option,” says the U2…

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Rolling Stone

Truman Capote’s Lost Novel Would Have Aired All His Dirtiest Laundry

The surviving chapters of ‘Answered Prayers’ feature real people and real gossip—but what happened to the rest?

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Kristopher Jansma

Mansplaining Remains a Problem in Hollywood… Just Don’t Blame ‘La La Land’

Last year’s blockbuster hit made several nods to tinseltown trademarks, but misogyny wasn’t one of them.

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Cassam Looch
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How Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig Turned His Anime Fandom Into A New Netflix Show

“Neo Yokio” features a fashion-obsessed cast of characters played by Jaden Smith, Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Tavi Gevinson, and others.

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Fast Company

I gave my brown bananas to Chrissy Teigen

This morning all I had was five brown bananas, and now I have John Legend’s black Calvin Klein boxer briefs… and a Becca palette and a…

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Meg Zukin
Selfmore

How To Get Better At One Thing In One Month

A formula that’s guaranteed to work.

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Josh Spector

A Ten-Minute Habit To Take Back Control And Change Your Life

It was that time of the year again that I hated. My birthday.

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Tim Denning
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How to Hack Your Brain (for $5,000)

The new, new, new age is all about “defragging our nervous systems.”

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The New York Times

Rethinking Happiness

Here’s a trick question.

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Charles Chu
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What to Do the Next Time You Are Being Cruel to Yourself

We all mess up. We all have bad days. Days where our minds are soured. Sometimes it’s little things that trigger memories of the past or…

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Seth Kravitz
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The constitutional crisis no one is talking about — except Hillary Clinton

The former presidential candidate and Secretary of State needs a job. Here’s one.

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Adam M. Lowenstein

I’m Undocumented and I Love the United States

A story of struggle and survival

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Luis Olguin
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The 11 Nations of America, as Told by DNA

North America was settled by what were, in effect, separate nations — and the proof may reach right into your DNA

Colin Woodard
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They Took a Knee

This weekend, a series of taunting messages from the president led to a widescale protest among players — in the NFL, and beyond.

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The Atlantic
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How Trump Bungled the Politics of Football

By Jonathan Chait

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New York Magazine