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

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Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
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In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation
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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.
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If your inner voice is cruel, try these steps to reclaim your mind.
John Templeton Foundation
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
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Our impulse to seek out agreement is stifling us, says world debate champion Bo Seo.
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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
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Think via Bayes’ rule to become more rational and less brainwashed.
John Templeton Foundation
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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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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
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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, […]
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The real risks of psychedelics, explained by a Johns Hopkins expert.
7mins
This scientist collected thousands of secrets. They all had 3 things in common.
A whimsical vintage illustration depicts people in Victorian-era attire flying in futuristic airships and vehicles above a cityscape.
7mins
We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.
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Bo Seo, Harvard’s former debate coach, explains a good argument.
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Stress shrinks your brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Genova explains how to strengthen it.
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A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.