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“Denmarkification” of California has seemingly garnered nearly 200,000 signatures, with a pitch to Danish citizens that purchasing the Golden State would provide them with more sunshine, dominance in the tech industry, limitless avocado toast and easy access to Disneyland — which organizers say would be renamed to honor fairytale author and poet... See more

One hundred thousand years ago at Blombos Cave on the South African coast, one of humanity’s first workshops flourished. It processed a liquified ochre-rich mixture – used for multiple purposes, including religious, medicinal, and for group identification – and stored it in abalone shells. Production involved a multi-step process, starting with a... See more

“The world we experience as ‘out there’ is actually a reconstruction of reality that is built inside our heads. It’s an act of creation by the storytelling brain.”

― Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

My father explained to me that his vote wasn’t necessarily an endorsement of Georgescu’s nationalist beliefs – even though they did resonate in part with him – but more of a protest against the political establishment. “I wanted to sanction the mainstream political class,” he told me.

individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.