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    The Future of Money Depends on Busting Fairy Tales About Its Past Want to disrupt finance? Start here.

    The Aesthetics of Feeling Safe Rape is added to the lengthy list of the things a woman should keep in mind before going out, in addition to skin oil and bra lines and the effect that gravity can have on our hair.

    The Power of Play: A Reading List A crash course on how fun and leisure can change the world

    A Noxious Problem

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    Breaking the Cycle

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    Isla del Encanto

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    Beats: Space

    Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Beats: Food

    Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

    Beats: Disability

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    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    Building BRCK: The Made-in-Africa Wireless Router

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    We Made Some Rappers Collaborate With a Rap-Writing AI and Got a Glimpse of the Future of Pop Music

    Can a computer truly ever replace human creativity in pop music?
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    Energy and Power: A Reading List

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