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What I Leave Out: Confessions of a Resume Liar

I have two resumes. One of them states that I graduated from high school and learned how to drive a truck, work dispatch for deliveries, lead a work crew, and show up places on time. The other reveals that I am a published scholar with a Master’s Degree in philosophy from a prestigious New York institution. Guess which one gets me called back? Full story

Little Kinjiro

Growing up, the 18th century philosopher Ninomiya Kinjiro never had time to study because he was always working, so he would read while he worked. In his honor, bronze statues depicting him reading and carrying firewood were erected all over Japan, but today they are decreasing i… Full story

Why Are My Friends Disappearing?

Pretty soon, Facebook will no longer have anything to offer us. It'll still be around, just in a more America Online-y sort of way. Full story

All Music Is Shit To God

Music is so embedded in all aspects of culture today that one rarely pauses to question the validity of the form itself. But is music even a legitimate form of art? Full story

Vive Le Tarnac Nine!

The French Tradition of Brainy Sabotage Lives On

Historically ignored by the rest of France, Limousin has recently come to prominence due to events in a tiny, inaccessible mountain village of about 100 people called Tarnac. Full story