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On Automatic
Former Google consultant Joe Toscano discusses his new book on the future of technology — and what it means for our world
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12/09/2013
Glory at the Fountain of Coca Cola
Coca Cola might just be the closest thing we have to a religion that worships the idea of America — The World of Coca Cola certainly presents itself as such.
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