On Value in Culture

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I paid $300 to have a good night sleep, and all I got was a room
Effective complaints are win-win on value
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A more fulfilled life
Look beyond the myth, and you will find a fascinating hidden world of possibilities.
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Look, humankind stays the same
Alessandro Barbero, "The only difference between historians and novelists is that the novelists can invent."
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Why we need cinema
Stories continue to ignite our imagination.
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August 2023
How an engineering company defined 'value'
And how the answer changed since Aristotle's 4th C BC definition.
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How 'Revenge' Ruined Travel
We closed down just as the world started reopening up.
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The summer of lore
How Eras, Renaissance, and Barbie are signaling the desire to find a personal way out of the morass of the 'data-driven' perspective of our own making.
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Things begin to exist when we notice them
Michela Murgia—stating the obvious is important to democracy.
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It turns out aliens speak English (almost exclusively)
What language should the world speak?
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The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Learn it and use it for life.
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July 2023
The Paradox of Our Age
Do we still know how to recognize value?
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Private truths, public lies
How we cannot help our nature―but we can improve our culture.
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