The Three Axial Ages: Moral, Material, Mental
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How should we think about the "shape" of human history since the birth of cities, and where are we...
Planetfall
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Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A...
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In Memoriam: New York City (2002)
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Originally shown on HBO on May 26, 2002, In Memoriam is one of the most vital documents to emerge...
Humans of New York
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A Number One New York Times bestseller, Humans of New York began in the summer of 2010, when...
Robots: The 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human
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Humanoid robots are some of the most wondrous machines ever built. By imagining and reconstructing...
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Jean Baudrillard and Chris Turner
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Behind every image, something has disappeared. And that is the source of its fascination, writes...
Albert Strange: Yacht Designer and Artist
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Albert Strange (1855-1917) was an accomplished artist, teacher, yacht designer, sailor, and writer,...
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism
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In this letter to his teenage daughter, one of the world's most famous economists uses vivid stories...
Bit Rot
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In Bit Rot, Douglas Coupland explores the different ways in which twentieth-century notions of the...
Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World
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In 1991 Andrew Solomon faced down tanks in Moscow with a band of Russian artists protesting the...