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Winners and Losers
How the Zero Sum Mindset Shapes Society
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Ian Leslie
The best reason to believe Woody Allen is innocent is the simplest one
How we form opinions on limited information
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Ian Leslie
14
Len vs Glenn
How Leonard Bernstein turned a crisis into a productive disagreement
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Ian Leslie
2
The problem with "educate yourself"
Why there's only one acceptable way to use it
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Ian Leslie
4
Stories are bad for your intelligence
How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
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Ian Leslie
5
August 2023
Barbearheimer
Notes on Barbie, Oppenheimer, and The Bear
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Ian Leslie
8
The Social Media Cage Fight
A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
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Ian Leslie
1
A Brief History of Suburban Creativity
The power of not being with the in-crowd
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Ian Leslie
3
Yog, Andy, and George
Wham! and the Struggle For Fun
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Ian Leslie
7
Rattle Bag
A Summer Feast of Brain Food
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Ian Leslie
11
July 2023
The Wile E. Coyote Illusion
Have you looked down yet?
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Ian Leslie
5
Threads Isn't Toxic Enough
Why I'm sticking with Twitter For Now
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Ian Leslie
3
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