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A screenshot from South Park, advertising the documentary 6 Days to Air

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6 Days to Air

A screenshot from an animation showing the distance from Earth to Mars

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Distance to Mars

A screen grab from the Refugee Project interactive map of refugee migration from 1975 to 2015

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The Refugee Project

The cover of the DVD of Lost in Translation, the Sofia Coppola-directed film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson

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Lost in Translation

The cover of the book Heat by George Monbiot

Book

Heat

A screengrab from the National Geographic video "This Crazy Tree Grows 40 Kinds of Fruit"

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This Crazy Tree Grows 40 Kinds of Fruit

The cover of the DVD of The Orphanage, the horror film from J. A. Bayona

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The Orphanage

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Evernote

The front gate to Fort Sperone... shut, unfortunately

Travel Blog

Exploring Genoa — Parco delle Mura (Park of the City Walls) (#1)

The cover of the book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

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21 lessons for the 21st century

A person holding a map in their hands, representing a search for procrastination

Blog Post

Overcoming my problems – Identifying procrastination

A roadsign with the place names 'Usefull' and 'Useless' on it, representing effectiveness and ineffectiveness

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Efficiency and effectiveness

A cartoon of Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61

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The Man in Seat 61

Murray Gell-Mann presenting his TED talk on the ancestor of language

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The Ancestor of Language

A man wearing a virtual reality headset — an example of a recent gadget.

Blog Post

Own your gadgets — don’t let them own you.

The title for the What I've Learned video on how to improve willpower through heart rate variability

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Improve Willpower in 5 Minutes

The cover of the DVD of Inception, the mind-bending film from Christopher Nolan

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Inception

The Roots featuring Bilal perform an NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

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The Roots feat. Bilal: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

A visual representation of Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics, with the green area representing sufficiency

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Introducing Doughnut Economics

The cover of the book The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

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The Tao of Pooh