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		<title>The Evolution of Media: Tool – Content – Behavior</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2010/03/10/the-evolution-of-media-tool-%e2%80%93-content-%e2%80%93-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
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Most people think modern societies are materialistic—we prize our possessions too much.  But after working on a fun design-anthropology project on the co-evolution of medium and content, I realized we don’t appreciate our stuff ...]]></description>
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		<title>Weenie Wisdom from Top Dog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taste Bud Exchange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excellence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hot Dogs]]></category>
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Something significant occured in Berkeley, CA in 1966 that continues to affect students, thinkers, and visitors till this day.  Was it the famous riots on Berkeley campus? The establisment of the People&#8217;s Park? Or, perhaps ...]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Avoiding Nails and Finding Fertile Ground</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2010/01/29/innovation-avoiding-nails-and-finding-fertile-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
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The dotcom guys got each other excited and created a bust.  Banks verified moneymaking programs with other banks, but somehow, they went broke.  These groups sought to solve problems and produce value, but the solutions ...]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Touch: Creating Experiences the Blind and Seeing-Able Can Share</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2010/01/04/designing-touch-creating-experiences-the-blind-and-seeing-able-can-share/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mind to Hand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category>
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It is so easy for people to take the way they see the world for granted. This fact is even more painfully obvious when the subject is sight and blindness. Human beings are so heavily ...]]></description>
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		<title>Attn Mom: Proof of the Dessert Section (well almost)</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/12/28/attn-mom-proof-of-the-dessert-section-well-almost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taste Bud Exchange]]></category>
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“Why couldn’t she understand my agony?”  was the puzzlement of the five-year-old Cynthia trying to explain that I had eaten my veggies and pascetti (translation: spaghetti), and was full from dinner.  “But MAAaaaooom, my dessert ...]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Doesn&#8217;t Keep</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
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Some cultures come with an expiration date.  Sometimes intentional, more often not, these movements are never meant to last.  One of the starkest examples is the formation and demise of cults.  It usually starts with ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Place for Breaking the Rules</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/17/a-place-for-breaking-the-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Telescope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
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In my Great Grandmother&#8217;s house hung a peculiar photograph.  It was Grandma J on a ship with a funny pirate and his fake parrot.  This photograph made no sense on the surface. Great Grandma J ...]]></description>
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		<title>Made For Stories</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/17/made-for-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human beings have evolved to live by one truly unique social strategy: storytelling. All cultures have tales and we are wired to listen to, learn from, and retell these stories.  Smart individuals and savvy companies thrive on ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Marketing Surprise: Reciprocity!</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/12/a-marketing-surprise-reciprocity/</link>
		<comments>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/12/a-marketing-surprise-reciprocity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humans in the Marketplace]]></category>
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Google is one of the few companies that are getting it right this holiday season.  They are offering free WiFi to travelers who touch ground in 47 different airports.  What is the emotional reaction to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dinning With 10,000 Buddhas</title>
		<link>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/06/dinning-with-10000-buddhas/</link>
		<comments>http://optimisticanthropology.com/2009/11/06/dinning-with-10000-buddhas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Young</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taste Bud Exchange]]></category>
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Which came first, the temple or the restaurant? For a food-loving anthropologist, this is a very tough question! If you follow the path to enlightenment, in this case Highway 101, to the City of 10,000 ...]]></description>
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