It’s a great ambition of science enthusiasts all over the globe. It’s also a terrible idea. If you want to take the most pristine, unpolluted images of the Universe, your best […]
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Getting a self-directed learning (SDL) course off the ground is an enormous challenge for many organizations. While SDL empowers employees to make their own decisions and control the direction and […]
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Author and former Wall Street hedge fund analyst Sheelah Kolhatkar on the reality and the dangers of the financial industry today.
A much-needed “causal revolution” has arrived in Judea Pearl’s ‘The Book of Why’. But despite vast improvements over “trad stats”, there’s cause for concern over logic-losing numbers.
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Summary Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, discusses the necessity of making time for yourself and […]
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A new study may change the face of astrophysics.
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The Soviet Union’s space program was years ahead of the USA’s. So how did they lose the space race? Here in the United States and all across the world, humanity is […]
Explore McLuhan’s theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.
A man paralyzed from the waist down was able to voluntarily control and move his legs with the help of an electrical implant in his spine.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Oxford historian Peter Frankopan on two millennia of the flow of germs, ideas, commerce, and more from East to West and vice versa.
Every organization wants to have the best possible leadership, and will shell out big dollars to find and retain them. A strong leader can inspire others to be more dedicated—which […]
History will remember Stephen Hawking for his many contributions to cosmology and astrophysics, but his beliefs about the future could soon prove just as important.
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There are many different “secret sauces” used by various organizations to fuel employee innovation and engagement. From production systems that foster employee independence and authority, to specific training programs and […]
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Actor and author Alan Alda on the art of communication (for good and evil), social anxiety, the mind of a billionaire, and more.
One flew east, one flew west, eight shrinks flew into the cuckoo’s nest.
Karen Michels video on the dangers of coconut oil has gone viral, leaving the nutritional blogosphere scratching its head.
Despite what Hawking told you, it really isn’t about particle-antiparticle pairs at all. Nothing in the Universe lives forever. All the stars that will ever form will someday burn out; distant […]
In-person training programs were, at one time, the best way to help your employees learn new skills and to ensure that the lessons stuck. With an in-person training session, employees […]
In one of our wildest episodes ever, comedian Jeff Garlin cuts the surprise clip short to call B.S. on neuroscience and complexity.
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