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The Talking Tree, An Upscaling Backlash and 7 Secrets To Understand People issue artwork#458

The Talking Tree, An Upscaling Backlash and 7 Secrets To Understand People

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The "Kleenex Score" For Sad Movies, a Ban On TV Ads For Pharma and Musk's Government Takeover Explained

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Traumatized Federal Workers, Michael Jackson's Unreleased Songs, and the Genetic Startup Making Florescent Bunnies

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The Kendrick Lamar Backstory, Upsides of Regulation and Why Buzzfeed Is A Plague

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Useless Blurbs, the Future of Memories and How To Destroy a Small Business

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The Story Behind DeepSeek, Bad Bunny Celebrates Puerto Rico and the Uneasy Driverless Car Revolution

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The Library of Imaginary Books, Notes From the Future In Dubai and How To Save DEI

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AI-Powered Hotel (No B.S.), Fake Job Postings and Canadian Angst Over Trump

Read This Issue →Observations From CES 2025, Helping LA and the Decline of Patriotism issue artwork#449

Observations From CES 2025, Helping LA and the Decline of Patriotism

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The Secret of the Kardashians, 2024 Most Hated Ads and the Year of Reuse

Read This Issue →Inventing Flowers, Jamie Foxx Controls His Story, 2024 Book Award Winners and Copyrighting A Vibe issue artwork#447

Inventing Flowers, Jamie Foxx Controls His Story, 2024 Book Award Winners and Copyrighting A Vibe

Read This Issue →12 Biggest 2024 Book Themes, the Truth About Food Deserts and Why Anti-Tourism Works issue artwork#446

12 Biggest 2024 Book Themes, the Truth About Food Deserts and Why Anti-Tourism Works

Read This Issue →The Non-Obvious 2024 Holiday Gift Guide + FREE Audio Book issue artwork#445

The Non-Obvious 2024 Holiday Gift Guide + FREE Audio Book

Read This Issue →Jaguar's New Brand, an AI Scambaiting Granny and Why Most People Hate Their Own Voice issue artwork#444

Jaguar's New Brand, an AI Scambaiting Granny and Why Most People Hate Their Own Voice

Read This Issue →Beautiful Paradoxes, the Art of Plating and Why Expertise Holds Us Back issue artwork#443

Beautiful Paradoxes, the Art of Plating and Why Expertise Holds Us Back

Read This Issue →The Day After the Election, Pet Cloning, Irish Pub Museums and TIME's Best Inventions issue artwork#442

The Day After the Election, Pet Cloning, Irish Pub Museums and TIME's Best Inventions

Read This Issue →3 Non-Obvious Halloween Ideas, Why Baseball Players Are Always Eating and Pew's Masculinity Report issue artwork#441

3 Non-Obvious Halloween Ideas, Why Baseball Players Are Always Eating and Pew's Masculinity Report

Read This Issue →The Voting Fraud Myth, a Dying Diet Industry and the Airport Limiting Hugs To 3 Minutes issue artwork#440

The Voting Fraud Myth, a Dying Diet Industry and the Airport Limiting Hugs To 3 Minutes

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Understanding Diwali, Notes from SXSW Sydney and a Talking Pet Collar

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Non-Obvious Thinking Book Launch, Robot Referees and a Secret Arabian Vegas

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The Brilliance of Delayed Delivery, Abandonment Zones and the Problem With Leather

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The Chatbot That Changes Minds, the World's Most Discomforting Restaurant and Why We Support Lovable Losers

Read This Issue →Flappy Bird's Troubling Return, 4 Ways Tupperware Could Survive and Jobs You've Never Heard Of issue artwork#435

Flappy Bird's Troubling Return, 4 Ways Tupperware Could Survive and Jobs You've Never Heard Of

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