When I first read James Damore’s now infamous memo to his coworkers, I wasn’t outraged, or even angry, really. I don’t believe that Damore is a misogynist or a bad person, and he was clearly convinced enough of the soundness of his own argument that he distributed his opinions company-wide. That doesn’t change the fact […]
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Being the massive history freak that I am, I was stoked out of my mind when I saw today’s Google Doodle (God bless the Internet, honestly) celebrating one of my favorite historical ladies: Nellie Bly. Bly (born Elizabeth) began her career in journalism in the late nineteenth century by adopting a pen name and launching […]
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This short film by renowned Disney animator Glen Keane is under 4 minutes, yet those minutes show a beautiful, effortless transition through time. “The Duet” is just that, a dance through life shown by two different characters with one overlapping story. Starting with them as babies, we’re shown a boy and girl slowly growing up while their paths continue […]
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This lovely video by Google shows us that what we search for is a key to understanding who we are.
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Before you freak out about the possibility of self-driving cars, think about all of the human drivers on the road right now. All of the people texting or eating cheeseburgers or putting on lipstick or drinking their seventh beer or swatting their kids or sleeping WHILE DRIVING… Self-driving cars — or at least the ones detailed in the above […]
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