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How to read a novel as a theory of behavior
Stories can model the one thing computation never can: experience
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Yes, we're all storytellers. But not good ones.
Let's face it: your life story could use a little spicing up.
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Meaning is interpretative.
That's why scientists don't know how to study it.
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Meaning is post-hoc.
If you think you can predict ahead of time what will be meaningful, then you're wrong.
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Meaning is contextual.
The case against my least favorite question of all time.
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The Map of Eratosthenes
What the first map of the world shows us about how we see things today.
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A Small Exercise in Gratitude
And a minor resolution about friendship.
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