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Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income
about 1 hour ago
One of the most propulsive forces in our social and economic lives...
Why Bob Dylan’s Unreleased “Blind Willie McTell” Is Now Considered a Masterpiece
about 24 hours ago
Most Dylanologists disagree about which is the single greatest song in Bob...
The Very First Coloring Book, The Little Folks’ Painting Book (Circa 1879)
1 day ago
Funny how not that long ago coloring books were considered the exclusive...
How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”
2 days ago
Photo courtesy of Washington State University It’s become fashionable, in recent years,...
“The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652
2 days ago
The story of coffee goes back to the 13th century, when it...
How Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors
3 days ago
We tend to imagine old paintings as having a muted, yellow-brown cast,...
The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)
3 days ago
Photo of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Kathinka Pasveer via Wikimedia Commons You may...
When the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands
6 days ago
In the decades after the Second World War, many countries faced the...
Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976
6 days ago
In 1976 and 1977 an inspired music teacher in the small school...
Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online
7 days ago
We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities...
Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright
7 days ago
When Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize, he wrote a letter to...
Watch Bob Dylan Play “Mr. Tambourine Man” in Color at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival
8 days ago
It was at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival that Bob Dylan famously...