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Brain Pickings has a free weekly interestingness digest. It comes out on Sundays and offers the week's best articles. Here's an example. Like? Sign up.
Cultural Icons on the Meaning of Life
How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy
The Best Science Books of 2012
9 Books to Help You Read More and Write Better
John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative
The Daily Routines of Famous Writers
How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design
7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness
5 Manifestos for Life
7 Essential Books on Optimism
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter
Creative Cartography: 7 Must-Read Books on Maps
Isaac Asimov on Science and Creativity in Education
7 Obscure Children’s Books by Famous Authors of Adult Literature
Why We Love: 5 Books on the Psychology of Love
7 Must-Read Books on Music, Emotion & the Brain
Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching
5½ Timeless Commencement Speeches to Teach You to Define Your Own Success