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1. How China can save face and defuse the conflict over the South China Sea.
By Steve Mollman in Quartz
2. Is high-tech filmmaking making us forget how to tell good stories?
By Riccardo Manzanotti in Motherboard
3. How to overcome sovereign borders and wire the world.
By Nicholas Negroponte at the Aspen Ideas Festival
4. Perfectionism is holding you back. Here’s how to push past it.
By Vivian Giang in Fast Company
5. There’s a surprisingly good chance you have a doppelganger.
By Zaria Gorvett in BBC Future
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