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Margaret E. Atwood
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Dec 7, 2017
The Battle Between Action and Belief
Author Margaret Atwood explores the nuances of Christian culture…
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Mari Andrew
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Dec 7, 2017
Optimism is Exhausting
In light of a challenging personal year, artist Mari Andrew invites us to…
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Roxane Gay
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Dec 7, 2017
Truth Matters
In a year of untruths, Roxane Gay reminds us what’s real.
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Hillary Clinton
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Dec 7, 2017
Radical Empathy
Hillary Clinton wants you to vote… for empathy.
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Tim O'Reilly
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Dec 7, 2017
Phishing for Phools
The CEO of O’Reilly Media explains why social media manipulation is today’s…
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John McCain
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Dec 7, 2017
Driving Back Chaos
Senator John McCain confronts the chaos of this year.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr
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Dec 7, 2017
Cultivating Roots
Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, explains how…
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Ana Marie Cox
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Dec 7, 2017
Are You an Ally?
It’s time to stop thinking that your own warm feelings and properly woke policy…
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Carmen Maria Machado
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Dec 7, 2017
Gaslit Nation
This year, we thought we were going crazy. We weren’t.
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Dave Pell
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Dec 7, 2017
Breaking Bad News
NextDraft founder Dave Pell reflects on a nation obsessed with the black hole of…
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Nir Eyal
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Dec 7, 2017
Designers Need the “Regret Test”
Behavior Designer Nir Eyal introduces a simple test that could help…
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Sam Altman
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Dec 7, 2017
Merge Now
The President of Y Combinator doesn’t predict the merging of man and machine; he believes…
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Deepak Chopra
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Dec 7, 2017
The Urge to Normalize
In 2017, the battle to resist normalization sometimes felt like the biggest of…
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Lessig
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Dec 7, 2017
The Neutrality Network
Law professor Lessig analyzes the link between the “internet we want” and the…
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Reid Hoffman
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Dec 7, 2017
Never Waste a Serious Wēijī 危机
Inspired by the popular mistranslation of a Chinese word, LinkedIn…
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Maria Bustillos
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Dec 7, 2017
Blockchain is Memory
As journalist Maria Bustillos explains, cryptocurrency is less about money and…
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michaelharriot
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Dec 7, 2017
The Sound of White Silence
Michael Harriot explains how the concept of whiteness breeds a troubling…
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Tom Scocca
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Dec 7, 2017
The World Was An Omelet
A portrait of a political and media environment where accountability is…
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porochista khakpour
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Dec 7, 2017
دوست Doost: My Special Friend
Novelist Porochista Khakpour reflects on the true meaning of friendship…
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Eve L. Ewing
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Dec 7, 2017
It Is Us, It Is Now, It is Ever: The Truth About a Nation of Violence
A sociologist recounts the…
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Lauren Peterson
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Dec 7, 2017
You Took My Joy, I Want It Back
A political speechwriter reflects on losing an election — and finding…
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M.G. Siegler
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Dec 7, 2017
A Tale of Two 2017s
General Partner at GV, M.G. Siegler concludes that with so much changing every…
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Kimbal Musk
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Dec 7, 2017
Why Food Dominated 2017
A founding father of the modern food movement reflects on 2017 and predicts…
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Nathan Hubbard
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Dec 7, 2017
The Music Industry’s Metempsychosis
Former CEO of Ticketmaster Nathan Hubbard mourns the ghosts of his…
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Mitch & Freada Kapor
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Dec 7, 2017
Technology’s Collusion Problem
Investors and philanthropists Mitch and Freada Kapor explain how the…
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Hanif Abdurraqib
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Dec 7, 2017
A Permanent State of Resilience
Poet Hanif Abdurraqib finds solace in the enduring power of tattoos.
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Jennifer Pahlka
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Dec 7, 2017
I Should Have Reckoned Better
The founder of Code for America grapples with how we face history — and…
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Ellen K. Pao
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Dec 7, 2017
The Crossroads of Workplace Accountability
The cofounder of Project Include explains why we should…
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Erin Lee Carr
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Dec 7, 2017
The Potential of Departure
Documentarian Erin Lee Carr explores the act of leaving through the loss of…
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Dominique Matti
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Dec 7, 2017
What It Is to Be Tender
Essayist Dominique Matti celebrates the beauty of being exposed and vulnerable…
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Dec 7, 2017
The Wholeness of Holism
Physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee explains why holistic care may be…
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Sasha Frere-Jones
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Dec 7, 2017
Some Notes on Betrayal
Writer and musician Sasha Frere-Jones on the lies we told ourselves in 2017.
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Joel Leon.
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Dec 7, 2017
The Kaleidoscope Black
Author Joel Leon asks: How do you properly measure the weight of a Black body?
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Joshua Baldwin
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Dec 7, 2017
Vegas
In a series of vignettes, writer Joshua Baldwin captures the mood of a city in transition.
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Justin Hall
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Dec 7, 2017
An Unsettling Struggle for Sovereignty
Cannabis entrepreneur Justin Hall reflects on the sacrifices we…
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Yrsa Daley-Ward
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Dec 7, 2017
One More Time, with Energy
Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward examines the importance of conserving one’s energy…
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Valerie Jarrett
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Dec 7, 2017
Voting for Democracy
Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to POTUS 44, breaks down the real reasons…
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Nadifa Mohamed
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Dec 7, 2017
An Unraveling of Trust
Since learning about the Grenfell Tower fire, novelist Nadifa Mohamed has been…
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Jess Ruliffson
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Dec 7, 2017
Eclipsed by Community
While watching the lunar eclipse, a cartoonist is struck by how shared…
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Laura Weidman Powers
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Dec 7, 2017
When We Rally
Code2040 cofounder Laura Weidman Powers reflects on what it meant to rally in 2017.
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December 18, 2017
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Reid Hoffman
Roxane Gay
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Tim O'Reilly
Tom Scocca
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