David Staley

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
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Non-representative art, with overlapping translucent rectangles of different, pastel colors

"Rectangulism 1," by David J. Staley

One-sentence Future: Dutch Angle One morning the planet slipped, as if framed by an invisible cinematographer, and reality itself lurched into a brief Dutch Angle for eleven vertiginous minutes—skyscrapers leaning, oceans slanting, c...

One-sentence Future: Dutch Angle

One morning the planet slipped, as if framed by an invisible cinematographer, and reality itself lurched into a brief Dutch Angle for eleven vertiginous minutes...

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

University Design | Interestingness By David J. Staley - Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective (Springer, 2015) Jane Jacobs, the great urban theorist and activist, author of The Death and Life of Grea...

My latest "University Design" column, titled "Interestingness." I argue that universities should make room for students who want to major in "interestingness" rather than forcing everyone down a prescribed path toward predetermined outcomes.

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One-sentence Future: Future affirmation As your stomach aches, remember you are not empty: you are between harvests.

One-sentence Future: Future affirmation

As your stomach aches, remember you are not empty: you are between harvests.

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2️⃣ | 100% match 📌
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Zip #357 | 0:08 and flawless 🏁
With no backtracks 🟢
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Crossclimb #678 | 0:35 and flawless
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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 11 drops!
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Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

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But of course!

Crossclimb #676 | 0:57 and flawless
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🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 9 drops!
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Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

One-sentence Future: The Reading Revolution Desperate to distract attention from his mounting indictments and moral transgressions, the American autocrat outlaws “casual reading” as a subversive waste of productive time, a decree that backfires...

One-sentence Future: The Reading Revolution

Desperate to distract attention from his mounting indictments and moral transgressions, the American autocrat outlaws “casual reading” as a waste of productive time...

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

Law Matters 1030 | 15 Minute Cities with David Staley | Mar 04, 2026 001 In this insightful interview, Professor David Staley explores the concept of 15-minute cities, their historical roots, current implementations, and future potential. Discover how urban design can r...

Delighted to have appeared on the Law Matters podcast, talking about 15-minute cities (among other futures-related topics)...

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Pinpoint #674 | 2 guesses
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One-sentence Future: The runaway... Darius M.—breathtakingly handsome, freshly arrived in Milan with a suitcase full of dreams—learns too late that hyper-real digital avatars have replaced human fashion models, and as casting calls evap...

One-sentence Future: The runaway...

Darius M....learns too late that hyper-real digital avatars have replaced human fashion models...he stares at his beautiful reflection wondering whether to retrain as a “personality consultant” for synthetic faces...

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Stacks - The Atlantic Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.

I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks

One-sentence Future: Future Affirmation Never forget that your dreams are valid, arriving promptly on the 3rd and 17th along with your Universal Basic Existence deposit.

One-sentence Future: Future Affirmation

Never forget that your dreams are valid, arriving promptly on the 3rd and 17th along with your Universal Basic Existence deposit.

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Crossclimb #673 | 0:32 and flawless
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