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Twitter Links Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
"What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible" The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art and literature.…

March 21 2012, 9:35am | Comments
Twitter Links The 20 Best Videogames of 2011
2011 was a tremendous year for the videogame. A pile of big-budget, years-in-the-making blockbusters delivered on all of their promises and then some. Clever…

December 20 2011, 3:35pm | Comments
Link Technology Of Writing
Technology of/on/about writing: A huge list of resources

May 11 2011, 11:03am | Comments
Link The 10 Most Disgusting Alien Civilizations
We've dedicated this Power Grid to the most disgusting alien civilizations to ever grace the page, screen, or hard drive. Why is biology used as technology the easiest way to…

August 10 2010, 6:56am | Comments
Link The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could…
Warning: The ideas expressed here may be dangerous. For this year's list, we walked right past the usual suspects and went looking for trouble. We wanted radicals, heretics, agitators—big thinkers…

June 6 2010, 3:54am | Comments
Link The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could…
Warning: The ideas expressed here may be dangerous. For this year's list, we walked right past the usual suspects and went looking for trouble. We wanted radicals, heretics, agitators—big thinkers…

June 6 2010, 3:54am | Comments
hellograndad.com 5 things

June 1 2010, 4:43am | Comments
Link The 'Basic' Plots in Literature
Q: I’ve heard there are only 7 (or 5, 20, 36…) basic plots (or themes) in all of literature. What are they? A: People often say that there are only…

March 9 2010, 4:35pm | Comments
Link 3quarksdaily Philosophy Competition (Judged by Daniel Dennet)
So, here it is, the final list that I am sending to Professor Dan Dennett, who will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners: (in alphabetical order by blog…

September 13 2009, 8:37am | Comments
Link Fifty Books for Our Times
We know it's insane. We know people will ask why on earth we think that an 1875 British satirical novel is the book you need to read right now—or, for…

June 29 2009, 4:43pm | Comments

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