Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.
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Women bring new and innovative ways of exercising power to the table, argues Gaia van der Esch. All business teams will benefit.
The Firefly Sparkle galaxy was only spotted because of gravitational lensing’s effects. Yet galaxies like these brought us a visible cosmos.
A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.
The tech world’s fixation on artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation.
And can we run the grid of the future without AI?
“We do not experience primarily because we have brains; we experience because we are alive.”
Just because you can’t experience it doesn’t mean it’s not real.
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.
“If we’re to be happy at all, it has to be found outside of this notion of pleasure. We have to step beyond hedonia. But the problem is that we risk going too far.”
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By improving quantum error correction, quantum computations are now faster than ever. But parallel universes? That’s utter nonsense here.
Encouraging thoughtful responses over impulsive reactions can help prevent AI exploitation in decision-making.
The promising new treatment builds on research that went into developing COVID vaccines.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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The problem for galactic-scale civilizations comes down to two numbers.
“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”
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If atoms are mostly empty space, then why can’t two objects made of atoms simply pass through each other? Quantum physics explains why.
“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.
With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.
Americans are getting older, and so are traditional healthcare methods. CEO of Northwell Health Michael Dowling shares his take on how we can develop the best care for our elderly loved ones.
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It was barely a century ago that we thought the Milky Way encompassed the entirety of the Universe. Now? We’re not even a special galaxy.
Plato’s cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?
Even with just a momentary view of our galaxy right now, the data we collect enables us to reconstruct so much of our past history.
“Personhood” credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?