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The Week's Links: January 8, 2016

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • I read 164 books in 2015 and tracked them all in a spreadsheet. Here's what I learned. owl.li/WtJrR
  • Peak TV: Surge From Streaming Services, Cable Pushes 2015 Scripted Series Tally to 409 owl.li/WtLv9
  • 5 brainiac brain facts (illustrated by TED-Ed GIFs) owl.li/WtJnV
  • Hear 6 Classic Philip K. Dick Stories Adapted as Vintage Radio Plays owl.li/WtHd5
  • A Fascinating Case Study by Oliver Sacks Inspires a Short Animated Film, The Lost Mariner owl.li/WtHbu
  • ◉ Ten rules for writing fiction continued owl.li/WCBY2
  • In 1911, Thomas Edison Predicts What the World Will Look Like in 2011: Smart Phones, No Poverty,... owl.li/WtGqG
  • The Real Science of Introversion (and the Rest of Personality) owl.li/WtH4E
  • ◉ Rochelle King: Your Biggest Rival is Your Best Asset - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/12/3…
  • 1150 Free Online Courses from Top Universities owl.li/WtFZK
  • Why Creativity is a Numbers Game owl.li/WtH2A
  • ◉ Recommended: The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Copyranter: The 5 best ads you didn't see this year - Digiday owl.li/WtFXY
  • Inside the Making of Serial Season Two owl.li/WtHsg
  • Old Book Illustrations: Free Archive Lets You Download Beautiful Images From the Golden Age of... owl.li/WtGwH
  • Watch 34 of Quentin Tarantino’s Visual References to Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, 8 1/2 & Other Great Films owl.li/WtGso
  • The New York Times Magazine’s Best Photos of 2015 - The New York Times owl.li/WtFNa
  • Shot-By-Shot Breakdowns of Spielberg’s Filmmaking in Jaws, Scorsese’s in Cape Fear, and De... owl.li/WtFJg
  • ◉ The Difficulty of Estimating Time and the Planning Fallacy owl.li/WCBRC
  • 2015: The Year in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | MIT Technology Review owl.li/WtFnI
  • Hear Tom Lehrer Sing the Names of 102 Chemical Elements to the Tune of Gilbert & Sullivan owl.li/WtFEr
  • ◉ 16 mobile theses by Benedict Evans - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/12/3…
  • The Best Technology GIFs of the Year | MIT Technology Review owl.li/WtFjZ
  • How a Good Night’s Sleep — and a Bad Night’s Sleep — Can Enhance Your Creativity owl.li/WtFCO
  • ◉ Recommended: Lois Greenfield: Moving Still - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • NASA Releases a Spectacular Earthrise Image Captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter owl.li/WtELK
  • Discover The Music Vault: A Massive YouTube Archive of 22,000 Live Concert Videos owl.li/WtFyS
  • TED Playlist: Slow down! Enjoy life. owl.li/WtFUw
  • How to Get Started: John Cage’s Approach to Starting the Difficult Creative Process owl.li/WtFy7
  • A Graphic Designer Explains What Makes a Logo Great and Why They Ultimately Don’t Matter Much on... owl.li/WtECh
  • My Life In Monsters, A Documentary About the Work of Star Wars and Jurassic Park Stop-Motion... owl.li/WtEAp
  • ◉ Deep Focus: Freedom of movement in eight of the greatest long takes ever owl.li/WCBKB
  • The Thrilling Uncertainty of the Understudy - The New Yorker owl.li/WtDM1
  • Astronaut Leland Melvin Explains the Physical Changes That Happen to a Person’s Body in Space owl.li/WtEvO
  • Our 14 Best Design Longreads Of 2015 owl.li/WtDHV
  • ◉ How Arts and Culture Add to City Economies - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/12/3…
  • Ambitious Journalist Attempts to Photograph 12,000 Endangered Animals Before They Become Extinct owl.li/WtEpk
  • ◉ Recommended: Shakespeare's Freedom (The Rice University Campbell Lectures) - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Why You Should Go to the Movies (and Do Other Stuff) Alone owl.li/WtDGt
  • A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Google Tests Its Enormous Project Loon Internet Balloons owl.li/WtEhu
  • A Beautiful Aerial Tour of Venice, California Taken During the Quiet of Sunrise owl.li/WtEIt
  • Five Legal Cases Changing the Art Market as We Know It owl.li/WtDOQ
  • 16 Insane Construction Projects That Will Be Completed in 2016 owl.li/WtDmj
  • The Most Infuriating Science Stories of the Past 12 Months | WIRED owl.li/WtCbm
  • ◉ Stephen Fry: What I Wish I Had Known When I Was 18 owl.li/WCBsz
  • 15 Habits That Will Totally Transform Your Productivity owl.li/WsKyg
  • ◉ Deep Focus: Freedom of movement in eight of the greatest long takes ever owl.li/WCBy5
  • The 7 Best Train Trips in the World owl.li/WtC8d
  • ◉ The birth of the web - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/12/3…
  • 9 Ideas Shaping The Future Of Architecture owl.li/WsKnT
  • Your Creative Calendar: 67 Things To Do, See, and Hear In January owl.li/WC4RF
  • Science Fiction That Came to Life This Year owl.li/WtC63
  • ◉ Recommended: Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Your Creative Calendar: 67 Things To Do, See, and Hear In January owl.li/WBJK5
  • Student Develops An Ingenious Building Material That Shapeshifts In Response To Rain owl.li/WsKke
  • The funny, the weird, the elaborate, the terrible – 33 media errors from 2015 | Poynter. owl.li/WsTN2
  • The Ford Foundation’s Quest to Fix the World owl.li/WtDCV
  • Beautiful, Fleeting Moments of the World’s Best Dancers in Action  owl.li/WsTIp
  • Americans conflicted about sharing personal information with companies owl.li/WsKaC
  • Apple Gets Arty With New Artist Collaboration And Creative Workshops owl.li/WsK3t
  • The New Yorker 15 most read blog posts of 2015 owl.li/Wrycz
  • Yes, Star Wars Is the Original Action Blockbuster. It’s Also a Postmodern Masterpiece. owl.li/WryVe
  • 100 Insanely Interesting People You Should Know — Unmistakable Creative owl.li/Wry9i
  • Arts Education Is Growing in NYC Public Schools owl.li/WryKs
  • Morning People Vs. Night Owls: 9 Insights Backed By Science owl.li/Wry12
  • 8 Fascinating Things We Learned About The Mind In 2015 owl.li/WryIZ
  • 5 Steps To Re-create Xerox PARC's Design Magic (From The Guy Who Helped Make It) owl.li/WsKe7
  • Ancient Pompeii Is Alive Again as Italian Officials Unveil Six Restored Ruins owl.li/WryxK
  • 13 Brilliant Outdoor Ads That Dazzled the Real World in 2015 owl.li/WrxYs
  • Looking Back At The World Changing Ideas Of 2015 owl.li/WrxXt
  • What percentage of your brain do you use? - Richard E. Cytowic owl.li/WrwK9
  • Your Must-Listen Podcast Playlist For 2016 owl.li/WrxWS
  • Maps of the Earth's Most Cursed Destinations owl.li/WrwGS
  • Research-Based Ways to Win at Work in 2016 owl.li/WrxRJ
  • From Google to Hillary to Snoop Dogg's pot candies, we look back on some of the year's best branding owl.li/WrwCm
  • The Smartest Fashion Designs Of 2015 owl.li/WrxZm
  • Year in Review: The Best and Worst Ads of 2015 - WSJ owl.li/WrxPK
  • Researchers: Dance Helps Mitigate Symptoms Of Parkinson’s owl.li/WrxOt
  • Quiz: Can You Match the Brand With Its Original Logo? owl.li/WrwwY
  • 2015 Year in Pictures: Part I - The Boston Globe owl.li/Wrwsy
  • The next Stage of Machine Learning: Teach Robots to Think Like Humans | Big Think owl.li/Wrwgs
  • What's the difference between accuracy and precision? - Matt Anticole owl.li/Wrwke
  • A Tantalizingly Simple Theory of Brain Disease owl.li/Wqqet
  • Here’s How Nintendo Transformed Itself in Just a Year owl.li/WrwjP
  • Brand New: The Best and Worst Identities of 2015, Part 1: The Most Notable Reviewed owl.li/Wqqc7
  • Welcome to the Deserted Island Vacation Directory owl.li/Wrwj3
  • The Best WIRED Photo Stories of the Year owl.li/Wrwz8
  • China Is Teaching Kids to Code Much, Much Earlier than the U.S. | Big Think owl.li/Wrwha