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Torrence Tests of Creative Thinking
wikipediaAug 16, 2025
Wikipedia entry on standardized tests for measuring creativity
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One Red Paper Clip
blogAug 16, 2025
Kyle MacDonald's quest to trade a red paperclip for a house
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Immigration is Complicated
articleAug 16, 2025
Deep dive into immigration's complex effects on economics, society, and culture using over 100,000 peer-reviewed studies
interestingimmigrationimmigration-policysocial-cohesiondemographics+4
Original →School is Hell
articleAug 16, 2025
Stories about how modern schools systematically fail and torment many students
interestingeducationeducation-criticismschool-choicehomeschooling+3
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Dating Men in the Bay
articleAug 16, 2025
Anonymous woman's account of Bay Area dating reveals five categories of "lost" men struggling with modern masculinity
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Original →On Boredom
articleAug 12, 2025
We have lost the ability to be truly bored with disastrous consequences
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Original →NeuroPlatform API documentation
documentationAug 8, 2025
Documentation for FinalSpark's NeuroPlatform that lets researchers remotely control biological brain organoids for experiments
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On Ultra-Processed Content
articleAug 8, 2025
Parallels between social media content and ultra-processed food
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"Brain" In A Dish Acts As Autopilot, Living Computer
articleAug 8, 2025
University of Florida scientists created a "living computer" using 25,000 rat neurons that learned to pilot a flight simulator
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Original →NYC street view text data analyzed
articleAug 3, 2025
Interactive map revealing every word visible on NYC streets using 18 years of Google Street View data
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