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The Empathic Civilization *snap* Stay With Me Now

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There is s scene in the absolutely horrible film 2012, where a crazy conspiracy nut doing a radio show from his trailer in Yellowstone Park (Woody Harrelson), tells a hiking writer dad (John Cusack) who stumbles upon him, that really deep scary concepts are easier to explain to the public if you use a cutesy [...]

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America: Land of Loners?

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“Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship.” -Daniel Akst, Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2010 This Summer, The Wilson Quarterly has an excellent article about the deterioration of friendship in America (unfortunately, that link is only an [...]

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The Death & Rebirth of Books

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When I was a kid I wanted to live in a library. Like the cramped gothic ones you see in Harry Potter movies, except I dreamt of those before she wrote about it. I remember the first time I went to Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris when I was 24. I saw a guy [...]

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No Movies for Me

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Wahhhhh, I really want to see this movie right now (its tomatometer is high too). What’s worse is it’s playing at The Prytania a few blocks from my house. That’s what I get for not planning ahead and getting a babysitter. Poo. It’s just so rare that I want to see a movie in the [...]

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