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PHILOSOPHY

David Foster Wallace – The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction

Pursuit of Wonder | November 13, 2025

Decades ago, David Foster Wallace foresaw the problems that technology, media, and entertainment would cause for this generation. We now live in the internet/information age, where technology and media are inescapable. During Wallace’s later life, he pointed out the problems that we should consider and be aware of when existing […]

WEIRD

Navy SEAL’s Guide to Escaping Capture | Deadly Survival Skills

Qxir | October 31, 2025

The final episode in the series takes a look at the last tips of the book, and how to evade capture. “You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the […]

FUNNY STUFF

Kenan Thompson’s Author Alter Ego Pernice Lafonk Reads an Excerpt from His Latest Book

Late Night with Seth Meyers | August 18, 2025

Kenan Thompson brings back his science fiction author alter ego, Pernice Lafonk, to read an excerpt from his latest book The Scorpion Quasar. Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3erP2gX Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35ET/11:35c on NBC. Get more […]

PHILOSOPHY

The Art of Trusting One’s Self – The Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pursuit of Wonder | May 4, 2025

Emerson’s combination of eastern and western philosophies provided a uniquely eclectic perspective for his time. Today, his ideas may seem to permeate the common place, which is only a testament to the influence his work had on the world at large. Agree with his ideas or not, his work is […]

PETS & ANIMALS

HR Violation

Ze Frank | May 2, 2025

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PHILOSOPHY

There Are So Many Simple Questions That No One Can Answer

Pursuit of Wonder | April 20, 2025

Get your copy of Notes from the End of Everything here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 (You may have to change your Amazon URL region according to where you are from. For example, amazon.co.uk. If your location is still not available, the book will be available elsewhere in the relatively near future, which should […]

WEIRD

The Devil’s Bible | Tales From the Bottle

Qxir | April 19, 2025

The Codex Gigas is otherwise known as the Devil’s Bible – but why? “The Codex Gigas (“Giant Book”; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). Very large illuminated bibles were a typical feature of Romanesque monastic […]

SCIENCE

Our Narrow Slice

Vsauce | April 12, 2025

SOURCES AND MORE INFO BELOW: Jared Diamond’s “The World Until Yesterday”: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-World-Until-Yesterday-Traditional/dp/0141024488/ music by: youtube.com/jakechudnow Follow Michael Stevens: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce more on WEIRD: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/weird_psychology_social_science_researchers_rely_too_much_on_western_college.html incorrect predictions: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Incorrect_predictions More famous INCORRECT predictions: http://www.rense.com/general81/dw.htm http://web.mit.edu/randy/www/words.html history of miscegenation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation debunked scientific beliefs: http://listverse.com/2009/01/19/10-debunked-scientific-beliefs-of-the-past/ Hollow Earth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth Hollow Concave Earth: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/koreshan-state-historic-site Concave Earth spying […]

FUNNY STUFF

Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld’s Amsterdam Comedy Club Was the Best Stoner Idea Ever

Late Night with Seth Meyers | April 4, 2025

Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld talk about their Boom Chicago comedy theater in Amsterdam, their love for Dutch people and their book, Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History. Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3erP2gX Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth Watch Late […]

FUNNY STUFF

Amor Towles on the TV Adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow and Table for Two

Late Night with Seth Meyers | March 28, 2025

Amor Towles talks about his book A Gentleman in Moscow getting adapted into a series, the influence behind his novel Table for Two and watching someone illegally record a concert at Carnegie Hall. Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3erP2gX Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth Watch Late […]