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- Jack TorranceJack Torrance is the protagonist of The Shining, the novel by Stephen King that Stanley Kubrick filmed in 1980. In the Agency editorial he appears in Issue.23, which…
- Jack TroutJack Trout was an American marketing consultant and author, known for the books he wrote with Al Ries, among them Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind and Marketing…
- Jacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher born in Algeria, associated with deconstruction. Issue.26, the edition about the Greek concept of pharmakon, names him once, in…
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was a French painter, the leading name of Neoclassicism, who painted The Death of Socrates in 1787. The Agency editorial names him twice and only for…
- James GandolfiniJames Gandolfini was an American actor, best known for playing Tony Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos. In the Agency editorial he gives Issue.16 its name: the author…
- Jamie-Lynn SiglerJamie-Lynn Sigler is an American actress, known for playing Meadow Soprano in the series The Sopranos. Issue.16 names her once, in the credit of a quotation: it is the…
- Jean-François LyotardJean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, known for the book The Postmodern Condition. MetaMarketing.1 names him once, in the paragraph that defines metamodernism…
- Jeitinho BrasileiroJeitinho brasileiro is a distinct Brazilian cultural practice of finding informal, creative, and improvised solutions to overcome bureaucratic hurdles or social impasses…
- Jennifer MelfiDr. Jennifer Melfi is a character of the television series The Sopranos, the psychiatrist who treats the mob boss Tony Soprano, played by Lorraine Bracco. Issue.16 of the…
- Jimmy PageJimmy Page is an English musician, born in 1944, the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Issue.14 names him once, in the author's prose, in the passage…
- Joe BidenJoe Biden is an American politician, born in 1942, who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Issue.7 does not name him in person: it mentions the…
- Johan HuizingaJohan Huizinga was a Dutch historian, known for the books The Autumn of the Middle Ages and Homo Ludens. Issue.23 names him once, in the author's prose, as the writer of…
- Johannes GutenbergJohannes Gutenberg was a German craftsman and inventor of the fifteenth century, known for introducing printing with movable type to Europe. In the Agency editorial…
- John ThornhillJohn Thornhill is a journalist whom Issue.7 identifies as the Innovation Editor of the Financial Times. The edition cites him once, in a block credited to the Financial…
- Joint-Stock CompanyA joint-stock company is a business entity in which different stocks or shares of the company can be bought and sold by individual shareholders. This legal innovation…
- Jon HammJon Hamm is an American actor, best known for playing Don Draper in the television series Mad Men. The Agency editorial names him once, in Creative.11, where Thiago…
- Joseph CampbellJoseph Campbell was an American writer and scholar of comparative mythology, known for the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). Issue.16 names him once, in the…
- Jostein GaarderJostein Gaarder is a Norwegian writer, author of Sophie's World, a novel about the history of philosophy. The Agency editorial names him once, in Creative.11, where…
- Karim RashidKarim Rashid is an industrial designer of furniture, products and interiors. In Creative.5, Pietro Verona names him twice: creating products for Rashid's brand would be…
- Keith RomanowskiKeith Romanowski, a product photographer interviewed in Creative.8 of the Agency editorial as its first American creative, says he was always drawing as a child and that…
- Ken GriffinKen Griffin is an American investor, born in 1968, who founded the hedge fund Citadel. Issue.7 cites him once, in a block credited to the Financial Times about the rescue…
- King MarkKing Mark of Cornwall is the king of the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. In the retelling of Issue.13 he adopts his orphaned nephew Tristan and trains him in…
- Knowledge as a ServiceKnowledge as a Service (KaaS) is a contemporary business and editorial model where organizations deliver curated, high-utility intellectual frameworks, research, and…
- KratosKratos is the protagonist of the God of War video game series. In the Agency editorial he appears once, in Issue.9, where the author lists the lives he lived inside…
- Ladder of LoveThe ladder of love is a philosophical doctrine expounded by Diotima of Mantinea in Plato's Symposium, describing an ascending spiritual ascent from sensible attraction…
- Lao TzuLao Tzu is the ancient Chinese figure traditionally credited with writing the Tao Te Ching, a foundational text of Taoism. In Creative.2, interviewee Carolina Justus…
- Large Language ModelA large language model is an artificial intelligence system trained on extensive corpora of text to parse, predict, and generate human language. By analyzing statistical…
- Lateral ThinkingLateral thinking is a deliberate creative problem-solving method that generates novel ideas by looking at scenarios from unorthodox angles and escaping traditional linear…
- Latin American IntegrationLatin American integration is a regional sociopolitical, cultural, and educational vision aimed at strengthening solidarity, shared academic research, and institutional…
- LatinoaméricaLatinoamérica is a song by Calle 13 recommended in Issue.0, the first edition of the Agency editorial. The edition prints an excerpt of its Spanish lyrics right after a…