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Culture
Check Out the Most Typical Face in the World
The most typical face in the world is that of a 28-year-old Chinese man.
Culture
At Toronto's Human Library You Check Out People, Not Books
Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.
The Community Board
Be Lucky - It's An Easy Skill To Learn
(Via Richard Wiseman at The Telegraph) A decade ago, I set out to investigate luck. I wanted to examine the impact on people's lives of chance...
The Community Board
How do you get over $4 million worth of innovation for a mere 20 grand?
The City of New York opened 170 data sets from 30 agencies to app developers and offered the carrot of $20,000 in prizes in the hopes of spurring...
Environment
Three Families, Three Stories of Life-altering Sustainability
Convenience, work requirements, and an urban lifestyle are just some of elements at play that can inhibit our ability to maintain an...
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San Franciscans Turn Abandoned Lot Into Full-Fledged Farm
A proposed 239-unit development in San Francisco's Hayes Valley has yet to come to fruition, leaving an ugly, empty lot in its place. Seeing this,...
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Hottest Gay Character on TV: Caprica's Sam Adama
I googled for "gay caprica character" while watching the first actual episode of Caprica on SyFy last Friday night. I wasn't sure I'd heard the...
News
In (Further) Appreciation: Howard Zinn
Big Think, the online think tank whose mission is to deliver progressive insights from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, had a chance to...
GOOD Blog
RIP: Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn, the populist historian, died today in Santa Monica. He was 87. From The Boston Globe: For Dr. Zinn, activism was a natural extension...
Lifestyle
Bring the Land to the People
The complete antithesis of the rural idyll that many might associate with farming, the 4-1/2 acre Alemany Farm is located just off the decidedly...
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Obama speechwriter Ben Rhodes is penning a different script for the world stage
The 32-year-old New Yorker's ascent is not a product of any intra-administration maneuvering: Favreau is still Rhodes's pal and remains the...
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Who knew Bob Barker was an animal activist?
A clash off Antarctica between a Japanese whaler and a boat from a protest group partly bankrolled by former TV game show host Bob Barker left the...
Technology
Going de Grey
How will living forever change our lives? How long do you think you'll be around for? Ninety years? One hundred and twenty? Aubrey de Grey, a...
A Heartwarming Work of Edifying Genius
Valentino Deng, the central figure in Dave Eggers's What Is the What, is turning the dream of education into a reality for Sudanese...
News
It's Time "Person of the Year" Time (Big Ben)
That's right, Time's person of the year for 2009 is Ben Bernanke, the "mild-mannered man who runs the Federal Reserve and prevented an economic...
Technology
Samasource: Internet Jobs for the Marginalized
Leila Chirayath Janah, a friend of GOOD, recently launched a nonprofit venture called Samasource. Samasource aims to connect educated workers in...
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John Kerry: A New Green Youth Movement
In John Kerry's words: "I know the difference a generation of young Americans in motion can make. I was in college at a time of great...
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Marissa Mayer: 2009 Glamour Women of the Year
"She has been a powerhouse of creativity and business acumen for one of the world's most innovative companies. Marissa Mayer is leading the way in...
