Donald Kraybill tells Steve Paulson that Amish attitudes towards technology are nuanced and complex. He says they prefer to think through the implications of new technology before they adopt it.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Denis Kitchen founded Kitchen Sink Press in 1969, and he was the publisher who brought Eisner's work to the public.
John Safran says we need writers who are outsiders. Otherwise, groups will keep hiding their secrets.
Darrin McMahon is the author of “Happiness: A History.” He tells Jim Fleming the Founding Fathers equated happiness with virtue...
Charles de Lint has pioneered a new contemporary mythic fiction. His new novel is "Widdershins."
Jeff VanderMeer recommends "The Other Side" by Alfred Kubin.
"Gifts make slaves like whips make dogs" is an anthropologist's tale of inter-cultural difference in gift exchanges.
David Graeber takes us on a tour of gift giving, and gift economies. He also takes a swing at the question of whether it's possible to give a truly selfless gift.
Are humans really unique? Not as much as we tend to think, says renowned primatologist Frans de Waal. In this EXTENDED, UNCUT interview, de Waal tells Steve Paulson about the emotional & moral lives of chimpanzees and bonobos. This interview was done in partnership with the new science and culture magazine Nautilus.
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