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Brain Pickings
http://www.brainpickings.org
Brain Pickings is for the idea people, those of us who believe that in order to improve or even fully understand a concept, we have to first understand all the little pieces that surround it. Pieces across anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, religion, politics, philanthropy, art, physics, neuroscience, psychology, sociology, biology, you-name-itology. Pieces that make your original concept stronger, smarter, richer, deeper and more impactful.
It’s a modest exercise in vision- and mind- expansion that will, at the very least, introduce you to new ideas and perspectives and, at its very best, help you think more, laugh more, do more. Be a better person. Because a better person conceives of better, stronger, smarter, richer, deep, more impactful ideas — culturally, commercially and socially. And, on a very human level, isn’t that all there is?
- Added on: Apr 23rd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: brainpicker
- Listed in: Lifestyle Arts
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Recent Posts
Interview with Illustrator Christina Tsevis
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Tim Burton’s MoMA Retrospective
What rotten eyeballs have to do with creative storytelling and the visual heritage of our era. Tim Burton is one of the great creative storytellers of our day, purveying delightful darkness since the 80’s. This Sunday, the Museum of Modern Art ...
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