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Brian Gallagher

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Writer-editor. Co-author of “Are We Ready for Mars?” tinyurl.com/yr8wb36x. Previously @nautilusmag. Here to take everything seriously 100% of the time.

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Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations

Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations

In a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode from 2007, Larry David and his wife Cheryl and their friends attend a cerem…

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The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood

The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood

Last month, Dan Doctoroff, the C.E.O. of Sidewalk Labs, Google's sibling company under Alphabet, answered a q…

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Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will

Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will

It's not that James Williams, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute's Digital Ethics Lab (mot…

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Brain Damage Saved His Music

Brain Damage Saved His Music

Five years ago, when neurosurgeon Marcelo Galarza saw images from jazz guitarist Pat Martino's cerebral MRI, …

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Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology?

Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology?

Harvey Whitehouse doesn't like how New Atheists like Richard Dawkins make religion out to be a mere "set of p…

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Your Brain Can't Handle the Moon

Your Brain Can't Handle the Moon

What is this new theory?" the long-retired New York University cognitive psychologist, Lloyd Kaufman, asked m…

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Embracing my final year of relevancy

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By Brian Gallagher
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Embracing my final year of relevancy Press enter or click to view image in full size 49th birthday selfie from January “I’m a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my ideas are!” — Homer Simpson I’ve been thinking about that quote from Season 5, Episode 14 of The Simpsons for years, but probably more than ever this year. I turned 49 in January, which means this is the last year that I’m relevant to corporate/advertising interests.
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A love letter to Toronto and Twitter as I completed my MLB Ballpark chase

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By Brian Gallagher
| Medium
A love letter to Toronto and Twitter as I completed my MLB Ballpark chase Press enter or click to view image in full size My trip to Toronto is a perfect encapsulation of why I love traveling. I have not fallen so hard for a city since my first time in New York City five years ago. If I got a job offer tomorrow in Toronto, I would probably pack my bags immediately. It was magical, both IRL and online.
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2025 Words About The Year 2025

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By Brian Gallagher
| Medium
Whenever I write these things, there’s always a tendency to rank or compare the year I just went through, to years past. The more I think about it, the more it probably has to do with my 18 years as an entertainment journalist, where this time of year is almost exclusively devoted to ranking and comparing the wares of the year. I honestly don’t know where I’d put 2025, in the pantheon of my years.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Sadly, no.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Tell me why it's surprising or counter-intuitive.

What's your favorite social network?

My closest friends.