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The New York Times Henry David Thoreau’s classic “Walden” is the inspiration for what Smithsonian Magazine has called “the world’s most improbable video game.” The lead designer of "Walden, a Game," Tracy Fullerton, is playing it live with us now. What shou Read more ... ld she do? Collect arrowheads, go fishing or buy penny candies? Let us know in the comments.
107 months ago
The New York Times - Lens - Photography Walden Pond conjures images of New England idyll, but these photos show its other side.
Walden Pond: Where You Find More Selfies Than Self-Reflection
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Walden Pond may conjure images of a New England idyll. But given the human activity around Thoreau’s touchstone, you’re more likely to find people taking selfies than engaging in self-reflection.
107 months ago
The New York Times - Lens - Photography S. B. Walker grew up near Walden Pond, the supposedly secluded wilderness immortalized by Henry David Thoreau. He revisited his childhood landscape with Thoreau in mind, but instead of New England idyll he found a bustling, regulated space.
“I’d Read more ... say most Americans’ experience of ‘nature’ takes place within small preserves or parks that are within or proximate to metropolitan centers,” Mr. Walker said. “Walden today is one of those places, so the act of going there is not unlike going to, say, Central Park.”
Walden Pond: Where You Find More Selfies than Self Reflection
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Walden Pond may conjure images of a New England idyll. But given the human activity around Thoreau’s touchstone, you’re more likely to find people taking selfies than engaging in self-reflection.
108 months ago
Los Angeles Times Sports Mike Walden was beloved by both USC and UCLA fan bases
Mike Walden, the voice of USC and then UCLA sports, dies at 89
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USC ’s broadcaster Mike Walden was in enemy territory when the Trojans’ basketball team finally handed UCLA its first loss at Pauley Pavilion in 1969. When it was over, Walden climbed atop the announcer’s table and yelled, “The Trojans win! T Read more ... he Trojans win! The Trojans win!” much like the legendary…
109 months ago
WSJ Video Verizon's Marni Walden talks about how the Yahoo hack could affect the Verizon-Yahoo deal #WSJDLive
Verizon's Walden: Yahoo Deal Still Makes Sense
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Verizon's President of Product & New Business Innovation Marni Walden talks with WSJ's Jason Anders about how the Yahoo hack could affect the Verizon-Yahoo deal. They speak at the WSJDLive conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.
113 months ago
Mother Nature Network Celebrate the anniversary of Walden with a look at Henry David Thoreau's beloved slice of nature today.
Spirit of Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden' lives on at state park
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Thoreau is best known for his book "Walden," which was inspired by the two years he spent living simply in a self-built cabin along the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts.
115 months ago
Business Insider Meet Marni Walden.
This woman has been given the job of merging Yahoo with AOL
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Marni Walden once made AOL boss Tim Armstrong sing karaoke because he was late to a meeting.
116 months ago
The New Yorker As Kathryn Schulz writes in this week's issue, "Walden" is less a cornerstone work of environmental literature than the original cabin porn.
Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite
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Why, given its fabrications, inconsistencies, and moral myopia, do we continue to cherish “Walden”?
125 months ago
The New Yorker In this week's issue, Kathryn Schulz reads Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” and argues that a man often cast as a champion was actually, "in the fullest sense of the word, self-obsessed."
Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite
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Why, given its fabrications, inconsistencies, and moral myopia, do we continue to cherish “Walden”?
125 months ago
Rep. Greg Walden Walden (R-Ore.), discusses the new GOP health-care bill and what it may do for affordable insurance and addiction treatment. Rep. Walden spoke at a Washington Post Live event on June 21.
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