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Larry Summers argues “I think we have substantially more problems with inadequate accountability in the United States than we have with excessive myopia in the United States.”
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Dr. Michio Kaku explains one theory behind déjà vu and asks, “Is it ever possible on any scale to perhaps flip between different universes?”
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Larry Summers, Eric Schmidt, Skip Gates, Dean Kamen, Rahm Emanuel, Craig Venter and many other thought-leaders and innovators convened on Nantucket from September 30 to October 2, 2011. Those are […]
Eric Schmidt appeared on a panel called “Taking the Long View – Building an Economic Foundation for the Future” at the Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas centered around the […]
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Eric Schmidt appeared on a panel called “Taking the Long View – Building an Economic Foundation for the Future” at the Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas centered around the […]
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It turns out we’re not the only species that assembles ourselves into networks, says sociologist Nicholas Christakis. Consider the slime mold.
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Children exposed to two languages before their first birthday enjoy myriad cognitive benefits.
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Psychologist and Author Dan Ariely says Zappos’ policy of offering potential customer service employees $3000 not to take the job is money well spent.
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“There’s a reason why we are attracted to certain people,” says Michio Kaku. Evolution has slowed down, but it hasn’t stopped.
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Ray Kurzweil has developed six epochs for stages in the evolution of information.
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The artist’s business plan is simple, says singer/novelist Josh Ritter – you just commit to putting your work in front of as many people as possible.
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Penn Jillette answers Big Thinker Adam Lee’s question about how he reconciles two world views: his atheism with his libertarianism.
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Shawn O'Connor takes on the collective myth you have just a certain ability to get a certain number on this test and that that cannot be changed.
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In his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore uses the housing bubble to describe TKTK
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore describes why economics is relevant. Sure, economics is about making money. But it’s really about human behavior in general, he […]