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This Week: Genius is Not What You Think It Is
A rundown of some of the surprisingly smart ideas we came across this week.
14 hrs ago
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Michael Kovnat
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Who Designed Design?
Once just a word, now a worldview—how a 20th-century invention came to shape everything from your phone to your future.
Jul 10
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Michael Kovnat
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Ambition is a Trap. Here's How to Get Out.
To get what you want out of life, you don't need to do more, but to become more yourself.
Jul 9
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Michael Kovnat
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Amina AlTai
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Ambition is a Trap. Here's How to Get Out.
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Magic Is Real—And It’s Living in Your Computer
How code became the most powerful spell humans have ever cast.
Jul 8
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Michael Kovnat
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Samuel Arbesman
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Magic Is Real—And It’s Living in Your Computer
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Your Life Plan Fell Apart. Now What?
5 big ideas for navigating life’s toughest transitions
Jul 7
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Michael Kovnat
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Your Life Plan Fell Apart. Now What?
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Things I Want to Tell My Children (But Don’t)
A July 4th reflection on restraint, fatherhood, and the best advice from a digital-age sage
Jul 6
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Rufus Griscom
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Things I Want to Tell My Children (But Don’t)
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10 Must-Read Books for Your Independence Day Weekend
From Ben Franklin to Taylor Swift, hot dogs to Hollywood, here's what makes America great.
Jul 5
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Panio Gianopoulos
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10 Must-Read Books for Your Independence Day Weekend
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This Week: Enthusiasm is Worth 25 IQ Points
Celebrate intellectual independence this weekend with ideas that can set off fireworks.
Jul 4
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Michael Kovnat
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This Week: Enthusiasm is Worth 25 IQ Points
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This One Learning Mistake Is Wasting Your Time (and You Don’t Even Know You’re Doing It)
In a world of unlimited knowledge, the secret to actually getting ahead might be learning less.
Jul 3
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Michael Kovnat
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This One Learning Mistake Is Wasting Your Time (and You Don’t Even Know You’re Doing It)
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Your Brain Is Broken. So Why Can't Anyone Fix It?
Antidepressants we don't understand. Cures that never arrive. One neuroscientist blows the whistle on a mental health system that's stuck—and she’s got…
Jul 2
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Michael Kovnat
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Your Brain Is Broken. So Why Can't Anyone Fix It?
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Ideas Are Easy. What Comes Next Can Be Brutal.
A startup manual that tackles the messy, emotional, high-stakes work of turning vision into reality.
Jul 1
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Michael Kovnat
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Ideas Are Easy. What Comes Next Can Be Brutal.
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June 2025
Your Brain on Revenge: Why Getting Even Feels So Good—and Hurts So Much
The deadly addiction driving violence and outrage culture—and what to do about it
Jun 30
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Michael Kovnat
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Your Brain on Revenge: Why Getting Even Feels So Good—and Hurts So Much
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