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There's no surefire formula for great ideas. But cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman shares a few simple habits that can clear away creative barriers, at home and at work.
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Richard Kelly on 25 years of Donnie Darko, the true origin of the bunny mask, and The Philosophy of Time Travel, and his new novel.
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Jonathan Rauch, author and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, dives into the philosophy of liberalism, how it has created and transformed our institutions, and the state of truth in a world rife with misinformation.
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Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR. Now she's the one asking how much power we should be allowed to handle.
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Tal Ben-Shahar explains the Knowing-Doing gap, and how our typical interventions to close it fall short every time.