Maria Popova • Readup

Maria Popova
- How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe
  The MarginalianMaria Popova12/27/1940 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova12/27/1940 min
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- Between Science and Magic: How Hummingbirds Hover at the Edge of the Possible
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova5/8/2110 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova5/8/2110 min
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- Here and Now: An Illustrated Guided Meditation Inviting the Practice of Noticing as a Portal to Presence
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova1/16/206 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova1/16/206 min
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- Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova7/13/184 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova7/13/184 min
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- The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story
  The MarginalianMaria Popova1/20/219 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova1/20/219 min
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- In Praise of Darkness: Henry Beston on How the Beauty of Night Nourishes the Human Spirit
  The MarginalianMaria Popova6/4/156 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova6/4/156 min
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- “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend
  The MarginalianMaria Popova5/28/197 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova5/28/197 min
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- The Greatest Commencement Address of All Time: Joseph Brodsky’s Six Rules for Playing the Game of Life Like a Winner
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova12/18/1317 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova12/18/1317 min
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- Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova5/29/136 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova5/29/136 min
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- hermann hesse on what trees teach us about belonging and life
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova9/21/124 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova9/21/124 min
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- Mary Oliver on What Attention Really Means and Her Moving Elegy for Her Soul Mate
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova1/20/159 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova1/20/159 min
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- The Book of Delights: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness
  The MarginalianMaria Popova12/2/197 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova12/2/197 min
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- Stress and the Social Self: How Relationships Affect Our Immune System
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova10/7/157 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova10/7/157 min
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- Rebecca Solnit’s Lovely Letter to Children About How Books Solace, Empower, and Transform Us
  The MarginalianMaria Popova1/4/196 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova1/4/196 min
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- A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova8/27/178 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova8/27/178 min
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- John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter
  The AtlanticMaria Popova1/13/123 min
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  The Atlantic
  Maria Popova1/13/123 min
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- The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova9/21/159 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova9/21/159 min
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- the psychology of writing and the cognitive science of the perfect daily routine
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova8/25/1410 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova8/25/1410 min
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- Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova1/29/1418 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova1/29/1418 min
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- Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova8/20/129 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova8/20/129 min
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- Kahlil Gibran on Friendship and the Building Blocks of Meaningful Connection
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova6/20/193 min
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  Maria Popova6/20/193 min
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- a 100-year-old holocaust survivor on how books save lives
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova12/18/186 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova12/18/186 min
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- Bruce Lee’s Never Before Revealed Letters to Himself About Authenticity, Personal Development, and the Measure of Success
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova2/22/1710 min
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  Maria Popova2/22/1710 min
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- What Birds’ Dreams Can Tell Us About Our Own
  The New York Times CompanyMaria Popova3/26/242 min
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  The New York Times Company
  Maria Popova3/26/242 min
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- Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
  The MarginalianMaria Popova2/18/247 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova2/18/247 min
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- The Courage to Be Yourself: Virginia Woolf on How to Hear Your Soul
  The MarginalianMaria Popova9/13/236 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova9/13/236 min
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- Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 Years Before ChatGPT
  The MarginalianMaria Popova5/2/2311 min
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  The Marginalian
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- God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
  The MarginalianMaria Popova3/2/2311 min
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  Maria Popova3/2/2311 min
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- The Enigma of the Eel: The Elusive Science of Earth’s Most Mysterious Creature
  The MarginalianMaria Popova9/9/2212 min
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  Maria Popova9/9/2212 min
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- An Illustrated Love Letter to Rivers
  The MarginalianMaria Popova8/25/216 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova8/25/216 min
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- Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche on Love, Perseverance, and the True Mark of Greatness
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova11/4/206 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova11/4/206 min
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- The Gospel of James Baldwin: Musician Meshell Ndegeocello Rekindles the Fire of Truth for This Time
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova11/1/205 min
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- The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova10/21/209 min
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  Maria Popova10/21/209 min
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- Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning
  The MarginalianMaria Popova5/17/2013 min
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  The Marginalian
  Maria Popova5/17/2013 min
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- The Psychology of Social Rule: Pioneering Sociologist Elsie Clews Parsons’s Prophetic Century-Old Study of Power, the Rise of Divisiveness, and Why We Classify Ourselves and Others
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova3/11/2013 min
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  Maria Popova3/11/2013 min
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- Anne Gilchrist on Inner Wholeness, Our Greatest Obstacle to Happiness, and the Body as the Seedbed of a Flourishing Soul
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova2/12/208 min
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  Maria Popova2/12/208 min
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- Figures of Thought: Krista Tippett Reads Howard Nemerov’s Mathematical-Existential Poem About the Interconnectedness of the Universe
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova1/2/205 min
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- How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova12/27/1940 min
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  Brain Pickings
  Maria Popova12/27/1940 min
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- Favorite Children’s Books of 2019
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova12/17/1938 min
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  Maria Popova12/17/1938 min
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- What Color Is Night? Grant Snider’s Illustrated Invitation to Discover the Subtle Beauty of Darkness
  Brain PickingsMaria Popova12/10/194 min
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  Maria Popova12/10/194 min
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