Maria Popova
@brainpicker
Interestingness hunter-gatherer obsessed with combinatorial creativit1
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A visual history of presidential campaign posters from the last 200 years http://t.co/VLwO3dEp
How to make great radio at the intersection of science & storytelling– fantastic behind-the-sciences look at Radiolab http://t.co/QyhIZnNliy
Givers, takers, and matchers – the surprising science of success http://t.co/A8AY3s3tgh
Lovely: Be realistic, ask the impossible http://t.co/RXonYv5mld
Fighting prejudice "imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity" http://t.co/aLD0U4Mima
YES! MT @Jake_Barton: Just found out @secretlakediver rides her bike to work! If the glamorous @metmuseum dir. rides, everyone should ride!
“Editors do not make enemies by rejecting manuscripts, but by the way they do it.” Priceless Raymond Chandler rants http://t.co/SZXqgfZwPt
What a blade of grass teaches us about the wonders of life – absolutely beautiful read http://t.co/uTPjKtQmiE
"Grasp with both hands." Richard Branson's advice to graduates http://t.co/dEbYXC77YS
Hmmmmm… David Brooks makes some sketchy assumptions about what changes in word usage tell us about changes in culture http://t.co/ymmtZBacfy
David Foster Wallace's timeless commencement speech on the meaning of life, delivered on this day in 2005, as a film http://t.co/YIcqKooQUS
10 life lessons from Calvin and Hobbes http://t.co/GVMDOLXKr8 And the greatest life lesson from the comic's creator http://t.co/IAOH2H3JoG
10 live lessons from Calvin and Hobbes http://t.co/ZaZ1l8Pa4S And the greatest life lesson from the comic's creator http://t.co/chsxmcFOEX
"The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here." http://t.co/twwCAluZ58 #LitJuke
On this day in 2005, David Foster Wallace gave his timeless "This Is Water" speech on the meaning of life – hear it: http://t.co/6L6J8BADBK
“All science is provisional.” http://t.co/zVocFrdut4
"Very difficult to say 'love' unless you don't really mean it." Joyce Carol Oates http://t.co/jOngXm7QZu
"The discoveries of yesterday are the truisms of tomorrow… we can add to our knowledge but cannot subtract from it." http://t.co/oUkE8WFBbR
"Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing — wonder." http://t.co/Qbdr6iC6lq
Struggling artist special – Patti Smith shares her lettuce soup recipe in exclusive recording http://t.co/6mMhfnhJgs
Editorial Manners 101 – a scrumptiously grumpy Raymond Chandler tells @TheAtlantic off, 1945 http://t.co/jLkEp1VyDQ
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