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How to Become Great at Just About Anything
What if the thing we call “talent” is grotesquely overrated? And what if deliberate practice is the secret to excellence? Those are the claims of the research psychologist Ander...
How to Build a Smart City
We are in the midst of a historic (and wholly unpredicted) rise in urbanization. But it’s hard to retrofit old cities for the 21st century. Enter Dan Doctoroff. The man who help...
Sure, I Remember That
It’s about false memory, particularly in the political realm, and how we are more capable of “remembering” an event that never happened if the event happens to synch up with our...
People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard.
You wouldn’t think you could win a Nobel Prize for showing that humans tend to make irrational decisions. But that’s what Richard Thaler has done. The founder of behavioral econ...
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FWD: Thinking
FWD: Thinking is a podcast about bold professionals who have challenged the status quo to recreate their careers. They've grown out of th...
My Dad Wrote A Porno
Imagine if your dad wrote a dirty book. Most people would try to ignore it - but not Jamie Morton. Instead, he decided to read it to the ...
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Bundyville
By his own account, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy never wanted to start a war with the federal government. To hear him tell the story, he is a folksy, rural Nevada rancher trying ...
The Ministry of Nostalgia and Landscapes of Communism
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A great podcast about architecture and cultural politics. Owen Hatherley writes regularly on architecture and cultural politics for Architects Journal, Architectural Review,Icon...
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Thriving in a Digital World
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If you’re an investor in Silicon Valley, work at a tech start-up, or just love to geek out on technology and business analysis, odds are good that Stratechery is on your short l...