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  • Mark Cuban Predicts the No. 1 Job Skill in 10 Years

    Mark Cuban Predicts the No. 1 Job Skill in 10 Years0

    Billionaire software developer and investor Mark Cuban is known for playing the fool on the sidelines of Dallas Mavericks’ basketball games. But I actually think he’s a pretty smart guy, and have been impressed with his seeming level-headedness when he discourses on various topics. Take education. Five years ago, he hit the nail on the

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  • Marilyn Monroe and the Mother Goddess

    Marilyn Monroe and the Mother Goddess0

    • December 31, 2019

    At present I’m researching a project about Marilyn Monroe, and to get it right, I’m not only reading the biographies but watching the films in which she appeared. Try as she might, the poor woman had a very limited range as an actress and was never cast in a role other than that of the

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  • Marie Kondo is No Cure For Our Hyper-Consumer Culture

    Marie Kondo is No Cure For Our Hyper-Consumer Culture0

    With all the commentary and meta-commentary about Japanese design consultant Marie Kondo’s new Netflix show, you could be forgiven for thinking there was something mystical about keeping a neat home. There’s nothing mystical about it, of course, though perhaps we should be thankful that we are among the first generations in human history affluent enough to spend

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  • Marie Kondo and the Clutter That Sparks Joy

    Marie Kondo and the Clutter That Sparks Joy3

    When I was eight years old, a little girl moved in across the street. Since Katie* was an only child and the daughter of two working parents, she spent a fair amount of time at my house, imagining and playing up a storm. One day, several years into our friendship, I happened to be over

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  • Maria von Trapp Saved Her Children from Nazis. Austria Still Won’t Honor Her with a Street Name.

    Maria von Trapp Saved Her Children from Nazis. Austria Still Won’t Honor Her with a Street Name.0

    I’m pretty sure I can recite every single song from The Sound of Music. I grew up watching the movie back in the day when long movies had to be split onto two different VHS tapes (and yes, my family still has them), and I still love it as an adult. The Sound of Music

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  • Margaret Mead and Agenda-Driven Social Science0

    Recently, Japanese universities started moving away from liberal arts and social sciences, sending global “shivers down academic spines.” The official reason given was a need to focus on disciplines more needed by society.   There’s been considerable self-examination  about the direction of science at the highest levels, including in recent editorials in top science journal Nature. That’s a good sign: we can’t fix

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