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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Citing zero truancy rates and teachers requesting late retirement, the chairman of One Laptop per Child argues that his program has succeeded all over the world—especially the Third World.
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How One Laptop per Child got started, and how its rainproof, sunproof machines with “cute little ears” were designed to appeal to kids across the globe.
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When artists break through by doing what they think will make them famous, not what they love, expressing their “real” selves becomes far harder.
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When Maria Schneider looks out at her audiences, she sees “mostly young people.” Meanwhile, jazz continues to assimilate new genres at lightning speed.
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Since composing her first dance work (“Dissolution”), Maria Schneider has created all her music while dancing around her apartment. The neighbors may stare, but the results are exhilarating.
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Creative juices dry up when artists fear their best work is behind them. As a potter once taught Maria Schneider, the solution is to “break your bowls” and move on.
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What is the relationship between composition and improvisation in jazz? Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider explains.
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How one of America’s finest jazz composers brings music into “three-dimensional space,” and why writing for an orchestra can be an expression of love.
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Once the composer recognized the gender imbalance in the jazz world, she developed a theory about why women are discouraged from the arts.
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Hearing her piano teacher play for the first time, composer Maria Schneider felt like Dorothy stepping into Oz.
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The Columbia Business School dean to President Obama: “Focus on getting that long-term deficit down.”
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The Fed should stick to monetary policy, says Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School.
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A conversation with the dean of Columbia Business School.
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Paul Bloom has researched everything from religion and moral reasoning to children’s understanding of fiction and art. What’s the most unusual project he’s working on now?
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What abilities do our brains lose after childhood? Developmental psychologist Paul Bloom explains.