Maria Popova

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The ‘Great Gatsby’ author’s surprisingly blunt advice to would-be writers

The innate biases that cause us to adjust our perceptions and memories toward the positive give us unique advantages.

A guide from German opera legend Lilli Lehmann

A literature-inspired cookbook reveals how some beloved poets nourished their creativity.

The power of the synthesizing mind and the building blocks of combinatorial creativity

20 of today’s most exciting artists redesign the childhood staple.

Why “information overload” is the wrong lens through which to consider the issue, or what sugar and fat have to do with Hollywood junk.

A weird and wonderful almanac of the lovable geeks who immortalized passion for science on their living flesh from a celebrated writer

Andrew Zuckerman, Adam Bly, Hans-Ultirch Obrist, Steven Johnson, and others take us inside some of the great minds of our era

Speed for escaping chaperones. Less burdensome clothes for riding. The bicycle’s little-known role in equal rights.

The perils of plastic are nothing new to most of us. A lesser-known fact, however, is that plastic has a higher energy value than just about any other type of […]