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The Crow and the Octopus (or Cognition in the Brain)
Brian size and smarts - corvids and octopuses - Einstein's brain wrinkles
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Monkey Twins and Big-Brained Babies
Callitrichid twins - hips don't lie - crucial childcare
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Zombie Biology, Social Technology, and the Hivemind
Meet Poppy - the apocalypse will be live streamed - fungus garden - hivemind
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Coffee Shop Conversations
Silent middle - magician's ball - truth is water - etc.
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Phoenix Avatars and Main Character Syndrome
An extinct mystery bird - you, avatar - me, main character
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How Viruses Made Us Human
Living dead viruses - placentas - coding viruses
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A Trickster Treat
Archetypes, shadows, identities, and meet my friend Chester
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Sleeping Sharks, Einstein vs Bergson, and Feeling Stuck in Life
Swimming and flying - uncommon sleep - the Einstein-Bergson debate - reference frames
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Internet Beasts: Trolls, Golems, and Gremlins, Oh My
Welcome to the data mines
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Coffee Shop Conversations
Come on in, take a seat, and let's talk about ideas
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Spiders in Space and the Meaning of Life
The International Space Station, Hannah Arendt, three anchors of meaning, and social media webs
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The Begging Creator Economy
Ernest Hemingway, the House of Medici, and AI bulls conspire to (not) pay creatives on the internet
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