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Featuring many quotes from Barbara Ehrenreich's book Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy.
A short excerpt from her book Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class.
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Is America like the Roman Empire? In what ways?
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A follow-up from Viva La Revolucion: The Changing Face of Global Activism. What can we learn from the printing press and Evgeny Morozov? (video)
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July 1st was Canada Day. Many people painted red maple leaves on their faces and sang O Canada: a dreadful, outdated, whiny piece of music.
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David Christian gives a TED talk on Big History, an intellectual movement which views history from "the Big Bang to the present". (video)
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Mark Kurlansky writes books about how food has influenced human history. And other stuff. This is a brief appreciation of what he does, in point form.
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