Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age

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On Being : Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age Image

Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age

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She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, is wisdom of the old-fashioned sort, presented in new-fashioned digital ways. She cross-pollinates — between philosophy and design, physics and poetry, the intellectual and the experiential. We explore her gleanings on what it means to lead a good life — intellectually, creatively, and spiritually.