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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

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“There’s a sense of crisis today that we did not have in the 1980’s or 90’s” — economist Tyler Cowen on progress in America.
John Templeton Foundation
5mins
How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.
7mins
Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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4mins
Why do so many cultures celebrate holidays at the same time of year?
John Templeton Foundation
6mins
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
3mins
Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
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6mins
In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
A man in a suit stands facing a mirror, but the reflection shows the back of his head instead of his face.
6mins
If your inner voice is cruel, try these steps to reclaim your mind.
John Templeton Foundation
1hr 33mins
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
3mins
Our impulse to seek out agreement is stifling us, says world debate champion Bo Seo.
7mins
What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
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3mins
Think via Bayes’ rule to become more rational and less brainwashed.
John Templeton Foundation
11mins
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That old adage roughly sums up the idea of antifragility, a term coined by the statistician and writer Nassim Taleb. The term refers […]
9mins
What do physicists actually mean when they talk about the multiverse?
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4mins
Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.
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6mins
Pessimism sounds smart. Optimism sounds dumb. Don’t fall for it, says Wired’s Kevin Kelly.
John Templeton Foundation
31mins
Collective illusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, […]