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Sherlock Holmes could have invented Google

In this video, Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, explains how you can think of Google as “this vastly expanded Holmesian filing system.” Ask yourself: What are the things that you want to remember? Then focus on remembering how to access them.

The five major world religions

It’s perfectly human to grapple with questions, like ‘Where do we come from?’ and ‘How do I live a life of meaning?’ These existential questions are central to the five major world religions — and that’s not all that connects these faiths. John Bellaimey explains the intertwined histories and cultures of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

5 intriguing facts about the NSA

We may not know the full extent of the NSA’s domestic spying under programs like ECHELON and the PRISM program revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, but here are 5 intriguing facts that we do know about the U.S. National Security Agency…