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Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling – According to this new “data-mining” of 1,700 literary works in English (can you already spot some problems?) with more than 150 downloads from Project Gutenberg, there are a grand total of six “building blocks of complex emotional narratives.” Additionally, the team ... more >
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Book Debate Raises Questions of Self-Censorship by Foreign Groups in China – While there has been ample discussion about censorship by the Chinese government, the behavior of foreign entities – in this case the American Bar Association – has not been widely scrutinized. However, when the ABA rescinded an offer to ... more >
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The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >