Matthew Perry: A Human Actor
The hilarious complexity of Chandler Bing is inseparable from who Perry was in real life.
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The show speaks to the obsession in driving ambition.
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The phrase suggests the British government means to exploit as much of these fossil fuels as it possibly can.
Read More3 Actionable Names for Climate Change
We need climate headlines that inspire committed, collective action.
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This inflammatory rhetoric makes the policy—and the Government—sound callous and extreme.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Forrest Gump
Wisdom in simplicity.
Read More'Shakespeare Is For Everyone'
Shakespeare is for every single would-be critic, on every level, everywhere.
Read MoreThe Shakespearean Magnitude of Succession
Shakespearean themes solidify the highbrow cultural status of HBO’s Succession. [Warning: Spoilers]
Read MoreThe Capacity of Poetry: Maria Popova
Maria Popova, writer of The Marginalian, describes the expressive capacity of poetry.
Read MoreThe Power of Narrative Gratitude: Huberman Lab
Huberman makes the scientific case for a narrative-based gratitude practice.
Read MoreFear vs Anxiety: Futura (2021)
Anxiety is when fear becomes a default state of mind.
Read MoreImagine... Space Cathedrals
The Webb images have stoked the will and the capacity to imagine what lies beyond our scope.
Read MoreThe People's Queen and Paddington
All very British, indeed.
Read MoreUnburnable
Penguin Random House has made a resounding political statement in support of free speech—of the female persuasion.
Read MoreThe Bridgerton Allure - Part 3: The Series
The repeated anticipation of guaranteed satisfaction is what the series offers the world—a generous gift lavished upon us all.
Read MoreQueer Eye and the Power of Metaphor
It’s a force for good, to be quite sure.
Read More'All the bright precious things'
I’ve often wondered at Lurhmann’s line and at this sweeping moment in his version of Gatsby.
Read MoreHow Do We Know? - Part 2: Bias
In our consumption of information, we like what we like, we follow what we like, and we believe what we like.
Read MoreHow Do We Know? - Part 1: Ways of Knowing
How do we know what we know? A blog series exploring knowledge in the digital age.
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