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Five years his senior, John was an aspiring scientist—he would receive a scholarship to study neurophysiology—who kept “an exquisite laboratory in the basement,” a realm that was Paul’s idea of heaven, but to which John seldom granted his little brother admittance.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
a deeply unfashionable man is invited into a privileged world and in so doing creates the coolest club on the planet.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“What’s My Name” (“Oh, na-na-na, what’s my name?”), and for two Nicki Minaj smashes, “Super Bass”
John Seabrook • The Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
None of those statements proved to be accurate.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Many argue that having this kind of information behind a paywall is bad for society, and even the institutions who pay these large subscriptions are getting sick of them.
Nikhil Krishnan • Decentralizing Journals and Peer Review DAOs: the evolution of legitimacy in scientific publishing
One way or another, the noise had to be preserved, because without it, evolution would grind to a halt.