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I was pleasantly surprised that the "relevant stories" area actually shows _real relevant stories_ instead of the insane clickbait you see on every site nowadays.

Besides that, this article makes me long for more reading, so much knowledge about everything is contained in books... wish I could capture just a small portion of that knowledge within myself

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> I was pleasantly surprised that the "relevant stories" area actually shows _real relevant stories_ instead of the insane clickbait you see on every site nowadays.

I didn't see a "Sponsored by (Taboola|Outbrain)" there, or any other credit to an outside site, so I'm guessing that the site is choosing relevant content themselves which is probably why it is actually relevant.

Do Taboola and Outbrain and the like actually try to tailor their links to the content they appear on, or are they just general interest clickbait?

I believe the crest of Harvard University fits this to a T: the word for truth, Veritas, is chopped-up and spanned across many books. It is only in conjunction that the word becomes evident.

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