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Skyscrapers are boring: One architect against the tyranny of the tower

Architect Ole Scheeren fights against the rigid hierarchy of the skyscraper. When Ole Scheeren (TED Talk: Why great architecture should tell a story) unveiled his design for a c...

What should the future of capitalism look like?

Should we retire labels like capitalism or socialism? Can we embrace the messy, uncategorizable economic reality? Two economists discuss Greece’s former finance minister Yanis V...

Ever feel alone in a crowded place? This artist gets you

Adam Magyar struggles with the speed of time. (Who can blame him?) In response, the Hungarian artist and photographer captures densely populated urban areas at extremely high sp...