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We used to have all this stuff stored in our heads but now we don’t. What happened?
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‘Emails between me and the FT have been vanishing for months. It’s beyond a joke’
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Are we any smarter? Well, we’re not getting stupider . . .
Thank-you notes must be written — and sent
Money is fun but it’s also filthy. Literally
‘How much future can our brains accept before they explode or implode?’
‘Let it be said that I have an addictive personality — and oxycodone is, as hillbilly populations will attest, extremely addictive’
I wonder what my stomach would say to my condiment rack? ‘Oh, hello there, hamburger relish from 1997. Nice to see you again’
Yes, I’m a hoarder. Collecting art is a very specific yet very real dimension of the OCD hoarding condition
Money is the crystallisation of time and free will
How a windswept beach in Holland changed my view of being European
Listen up, you pathetic providers and hoteliers
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Those haiku-y moments that prove we really are no longer in the past
How the internet forces us to choose between science and religion
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What does citizenship really mean – and can you ever have too much of it?
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