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The birth of the book: on Christians, Romans, and the codex (Plus- Samuel Morse) “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”*…
Turn the page: https://bit.ly/2IWjaVw
The 'Dark Ages' weren't as dark as we thought (Plus- the Renaissance begins) “I like a bad reputation”*…
Rehabilitate history: https://bit.ly/2GHO3LU
"Amazing Grace" Hopper, seminal computer scientist and Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, explains a "nanosecond" (Plus- the invention of the semiconductor “Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me”*…
Celebrate clarity: https://bit.ly/2GFy7dg
The urgent quest for slower, better news (Plus- the first continuously-published newspaper in North America) “Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions”*…
Break news: https://bit.ly/2UClbsn
The ingenious yet useless inventions of Chindōgu, recreated (Plus- New Coke) “All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!”*…
Investigate intention: https://bit.ly/2XyQuGf
Find out how to turn a $1,000 art-auction pickup into a $450 million masterpiece: "The Invention of the ‘Salvator Mundi’" (Plus- the gangsters who got away) “Making money is art”*…
Appreciate appreciation: https://bit.ly/2VfHhp0
Does "synonym" have a synonym? (Plus- Hervé Le Tellier “Roughly speaking: to say of two things that they are identical is nonsense”*…
Tell the difference at: https://bit.ly/2PmWC1i
In its original concept, the Appalachian Trail was more than a hiking path: "An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning" (Plus- the proto-National Park) “There is a phenomenon called ‘Trail Magic'”*…
Walk the walk: https://bit.ly/2ZgCpyS
A formative set of early educational "toys" and their extraordinary legacy: "Froebel's Gifts" (plus- The Simpsons' debut) “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled”*…
Appreciate play: https://bit.ly/2Zoa9u7
The stuff of dreams, the stuff of nightmares: "How Much Data is Generated Each Day?" (Plus- the Father of the computer database) “Big Data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it”*…
Revel in really, really big numbers: https://bit.ly/2UJjEph
Mapping the spread of words along trade routes (Plus- Canterbury Tales, told) “We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary”*…
ponder the provenance of your produce: https://bit.ly/2IEknkr
A paean to that paragon of "Public Goods": "In Praise of Public Libraries" (Plus- Aphra Behn) “A public library is the most democratic thing in the world”*…
Check it out: https://bit.ly/2UnJ3zM
Put it all in (temporal) perspective at "Here Is Today" (Plus- Leonardo) “In the long run we are all dead”*…
Ponder the perception of permanence: https://bit.ly/2v5SHgn
The concentrations of water The concentration of toponyms in the United States: "Lake, River, Spring, Pond, Bay and Swamp" (Plus- The Grapes of Wrath) “What’s in a name?”*…
Call ’em as you saw ’em: https://bit.ly/2UdcggN
An appreciation of that greatest of all silent comedians: "Buster Keaton: Anarchitect" (Plus- Stanley Donen) “Dying is easy, comedy is hard”*…
Take the fall at: https://bit.ly/2VJSfzV
A record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth, the fossil evidence of the almost-instant extinction of most life on the planet: "The Day the Dinosaurs Died" (Plus- Cope) “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”*…
Extricate heads from the sand: https://bit.ly/2Z3DlGZ
An assessment of MoMA's "The Value of Good Design" exhibit... and a meditation on the history and role of design more generally: "How 'Good Design' Failed Us" (Plus- the Apple I) “A picture is worth a thousand dollars”*…
Curtail commodification: https://bit.ly/2Islxzh