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    • The Carter Family Right Down in Your Blood
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    • Neverland, Midtown Sacramento 1990s
    • Fear & Loathing in Carmichael
    • Airplane Wreck, 1986
    • Avalanche on Mt. Tallac, 2005
    • Lost & Found in the Black Rock
    • Jimmy Bravo's Big Pitch
    • Quiet Wisdom of Miss Betsy
    • Finding Nigel, Part 1
    • Finding Nigel, Part 2
    • Huck Finn Fever Dream
    • A Hungry Dog Goes Farther
    • Booze Cruise
    • Double Down Throwdown, Bro!
    • Sages of LA Nightlife
    • Independence Day, 2016
    • Dumb Luck Happenstance
    • Fable of Orson Grisby
    • Ichiro, What is the Meaning of Life?
    • Diary of a Career Path Death Wish
    • Chasing the Ghost Clemente
    • The Anti-Epiphany of Raider Fan
    • Atonement Has No Statue of Limitations
    • The Colonel's Epic Round
    • Ball Games & Clocks
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go wide >  MIND GAMES


This is Water
David Foster Wallace

The Machine Stops
Oliver Sacks


This Article Won't Change Your Mind
Julie Beck


You’re probably searching for a better life—but what if you already have it?Mark Manson

The Strategy of No Strategy
Adam Elkus

The Gygax Effect
How Dungeons & Dragons created the cultural building blocks of our information age. 
Michael Witwer

Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts.
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Jonathan Franzen

Why We Should Design Some Things to Be Difficult to Use
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Brian Millar

Welcome Home
A Reflection on Burning Man

Brian Baker
The Psychology of Belief
​Kate Morgan

I Don't Believe in Aliens Anymore
Michael W. Clune


Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic

The psychology behind why couples always fight when assembling Ikea furniture
Corinne Purtill

Constraints Can Be a Catalyst for Creativity
The Green Eggs & Ham Hypothesis is Confirmed
Tom Jacobs

Love Is Not Algorithmic
Jim Kozubek


The Trip Treatment
Michael Pollan

The Purpose of Life is to Be a Nobody
Zat Rana

The Power of Vulnerability
​Brené Brown
The Humble Office Supply That Can Help Explain Humanity's Imminent Doom
Simone Stolzoff

​My Father's Fashion Tips
Tom Junod

How America Lost Its Mind
Kurt Andersen


Is Everything Wrestling?
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Jeremy Gordon

Life's Stories
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Julie Beck


The Confidence Game: What Con Artists Reveal About the Psychology of Trust
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Maria Popova


The Death of Awe in the Age of Awesome
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Henry Wismayer

We Are All Confident Idiots
David Dunning


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