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• Networks and Success in Art

  

  S. P. Fraiberger et al., Quantifying reputation and success in art, Science 10.1126/science.aau7224 (2018). Abstrarct: In areas of human activity where... Read more

  The 12 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Music Evolving

  Eita Nakamura, Kunihiko Kaneko, Statistical Evolutionary Laws in Music Styles, arXiv:1809.05832v1 [physics.soc-ph]. If a cultural feature is transmitted over... Read more

  The 12 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Placebos Work [annals of Mind and Body]

  Gary Greenberg, New York Times Magazine, What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?, November 7, 2018. And after a quarter-century of hard work, they have... Read more

  The 12 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• The Beatles' 'White Album' Has Turned 50

  and Jordan Orlando writes about it in The New Yorker (10 November 2018). “The Beatles” is as much a concept album as “Sgt. Pepper,” and the concept is, again,... Read more

  The 12 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Bergen Arches @3QD

  

  I’ve got another article at 3 Quarks Daily: Bergen Arches: Living for the City. This arched door graced the Transportation Building at the 1893 Chicago World’s... Read more

  The 12 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Open Source & Community-owned Infrastructure for the New Academy (the Old One...

  A little peek into a long thread: 5. Community-owned infrastructure allows more persons groups (institutionally supported, or not) to participate in to... Read more

  The 11 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• The Role of the Bedroom in the Invention of Privacy in the Wet

  Lisa Hilton reviews (Lauren Elkin's English translation of) Michelle Perrot, The Bedroom in TLS. “Before the bedroom there was the room, before that almost... Read more

  The 11 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Music Helps Children with Autism

  Megha Sharda, Carola Tuerk, Rakhee Chowdhury, Kevin Jamey, Nicholas Foster, Melanie Custo-Blanch, Melissa Tan, Aparna Nadig Krista Hyde, Music improves... Read more

  The 10 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend out Your Toys!

  Toy libraries, or “toyeries,” were once popular, but they fell out of favor in most communities. It’s time to bring them back, argues @langealexandra, because... Read more

  The 09 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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• Bridging Cultural Gaps: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Cultural Evolution

  From the Preface to Bridging cultural gaps: interdisciplinary studies in human cultural evolution, a special theme issue of Philosophical Transactions of the... Read more

  The 09 november 2018 by   Bbenzon
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