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Two people discuss information on a digital tablet, with abstract yellow and white geometric patterns overlaid as they consider the implications of AI reckoning.
AI has brought a reckoning to the consulting industry — and the death knell will quickly sound for those who fail to adapt.
moon two faces
The far side of the Moon is incredibly different from the Earth-facing side. 66 years later, we know why the Moon's faces are not alike.
Split image: Left side shows a military aircraft releasing a missile mid-air; right side displays a US dollar bill and Iranian currency partially overlapping.
From bombed reactors to inflation and blackouts, a cascade of crises is testing the Islamic Republic’s resilience like never before.
A man in a suit with half of his face and head illustrated as mechanical gears and machinery, blending human and robot features.
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“I've started to think about three puzzles we need to solve for as we bring these technologies into our organizations.”
A man in a suit sits on a chair in front of a white door, surrounded by a vibrant, abstract swirl of red, pink, blue, yellow, and green colors.
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“Psychedelics crosscut so many interesting domains. They've been used for time immemorial by indigenous cultures. In our own Western cultural history, they really exploded on the scene in the 1960s, and were associated with radical changes to society.”
Book cover of "The Great Math War" featuring three black-and-white portraits—one of Georg Cantor—and handwritten math notes, with subtitle about three mathematicians fighting for math’s foundations.
In this excerpt from "The Great Math War," Jason Socrates Bardi explores how Georg Cantor revolutionized mathematics and reshaped how our finite minds conceived of the infinite.
Three men in business attire and jackets stand before a collage background, featuring downward-trending graph lines on green paper, each displaying a CEO superpower as they navigate challenging markets.
From Charles Schwab to Jensen Huang, great leaders never attribute their success to flawless planning — they point instead to what went wrong.