George Orwell got it right: “Never use a long word where a short one will do.”
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Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.
Famished, not famous: retrace Orwell’s hunger days, when he was one of the city’s legion of poor foreigners.
Vladimir Putin adores Fyodor Dostoevsky. A close reading of the legendary author’s texts reveals the feeling might have been mutual.
Wealthier in resources; poorer in time.
‘Six Persimmons,’ an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
The answer to this question depends on how you define “freedom.”
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Which one is the funniest?
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
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The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Are you a video gaming master? Put it on your résumé.
Seneca thought the use of ice was a “true fever of the most malignant kind.”
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a “school without a master” than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
All human development, from large cities to small towns, shines light into the night sky.
Some question the ethics of sanctions aimed at cancelling Russian art and culture and punishing ordinary citizens.
There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.