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Words That Matter 2017
Words That Matter
Some of the year’s most influential writers, thinkers, and experts reflect on the words that matter most in 2018.
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Words That Matter 2017
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Dec 18, 2017
Revisiting a Year of Undoing
Author Jonathan Safran Foer reflects on the most crucial moments this…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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