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  Benjamin Lay was a radical Quaker, an ex-sailor, and an unlikely pioneer of the world’s first modern social movement: abolitionism. Last week’s most read: ow.ly/nnlZ30jWon5
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  Economists use mathematical models to masquerade as a science. The discipline has become more like astrology: ow.ly/4gFQ30dN1Fm
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  In 1971, Foucault met Chomsky in the Netherlands for their first and only debate. Watch the provocative Foucault spar with the professorial Chomsky. From the Aeon Video archive:
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  If discretion is no longer a design priority, then hearing aids could become as fashionable as eyewear
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  In 1971, Foucault met Chomsky in the Netherlands for their first and only debate. Watch the provocative Foucault spar with the professorial Chomsky. Aeon Video: ow.ly/Tae850uTbLH
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  Today we launch Psyche, a sister site to Aeon exploring mental health, the question of ‘how to live’, and artistic and transcendent experience. It’s a big milestone for us! We hope you enjoy it
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  I went to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years. Reading her account of our time together years later, I am struck by how much she hated me
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  The first words to pass between Europeans and Americans were in the sacred language of Islam. The name ‘California’ might even have some Arabic lineage. How Muslims have been written out of early American history. Readers’ favourites 2019: ow.ly/o5Sa50xy41B
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  ‘You are a way for the Universe to be in awe of itself.’ A Carl Sagan for our times, the theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack’s video essay finds lyricism in black holes and the sands of Mars. Aeon Video: ow.ly/kvYY50lb10Z
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  This expedition explored never-before-seen ocean canyons and coral reefs deep in the sea off Western Australia. On Aeon Video: ow.ly/vc1N50AdQae