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Theo Schell-Lambert on Jean Baudrillard

Never a reporter, always a prescriber, the French theologian upended the notion of a "real" L.A., as if there ever was such a thing.

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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.

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El Origen Embraces "Polluted" Wool as a Natural Style Point

Pairing conscious construction with fair compensation to create lovely artisan wool sweaters, El Origen Wool gives new meaning to black sheep.

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OurGoods: New York's New Barter Network

OurGoods is a new barter network for New York creative types that helps users trade the skills or stuff they have for the ones they seek.

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Stop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening

StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.

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xAirport Flight Simulator Restores the Wetlands (and the Wonder of Flying)

Natalie Jeremijenko says the way to protect the wetlands is to build more. Her xAirport builds "wetlanding" strips and reimagines how we fly.

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