When Katy Butler's aging father got a pacemaker, his life slid into dementia, incontinence and misery. Katy talks about choosing care over cure.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Welcome to the 21st Centrury and the Biopunk Movement where biohacking and kitchen table biotech are the norm.
John Hodgeman has written an almanac called "The Areas of My Expertise." It's comprised entirely of fake facts.
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
Environmentalist Bill McKibben believes it's time for a new environmental paradigm: small and local.
Mark Moskowitz made a film called “The Stone Reader” about his search for Dow Mossman, the author of a rapturously reviewed 1972 novel called “The Stones of Summer.”
When he was a young professor, philosopher Mark Rowlands adopted a wolf named Brenin, who turned into his constant companion. He reflects on the life lessons he learned from Brenin.
Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 went through the roof after the latest news about the NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ communications. What would defying state control look like these days? Writer and digital activist Cory Doctorow considered the question in his novel, “Little Brother.”
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