The Cultures

Dec 29, 2013

• so meme. much amazement. very fast grow. wow: The rapid rise of the Doge meme (io9 article about the replacement of LOLcats by doge; the history of doge on Know Your Meme)
• We talk about the walking fitness game we all made, The Walk
• Introversion vs. extroversion - it's not that black and white
• Self-doubt, and how we...

Dec 22, 2013

• Tool-using crows and crocodiles; humans are not as special as we think
• The libertarian case for a basic income guarantee
• Religious leadership; the new Pope vs. the Church of England (Guardian article and Telegraph article on attitudes towards the Church of England)

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Dec 15, 2013

• Testing to see whether the universe is a computational simulation
• Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims
• Staying the course (with art, blogging, etc.); slow and steady progress over time vs. overnight success (see the Grayson Perry lectures we mentioned. specifically episode 4)
• Pando, the 80,000 year old...

Dec 8, 2013

• The US is best understood as a collection of very different nations
• Inequality and utopia (see Emrys Westacott's article on Why you can't buy a first class ticket to utopia)
• Disney Research's tongue input device for creating conversations

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Dec 1, 2013

• Scott and Scurvy, and the loss of knowledge
• How to get people to care about stuff (Whatilove.org)
• The National Theatre, and the problem with arts funding in general (How to create a truly National Theatre from the Independent, and Does the National Theatre have a problem with women from the Guardian)

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