Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Our policies have to shift

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift.

He was talking about global climate change but he might as well have been talking about our attempts to transition schools into the 21st century…

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A black and white photo of albert einstein laughing.

Starts With A Bang

Einstein’s 7 rules for a better life

The most celebrated genius in human history didn’t just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.

Aphantasia limits the ability to visualize a statue of a man in the mind's eye.

Neuropsych

My brain doesn’t picture things. What’s wrong with me?

I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”

The cover of the book envisions a sustainable future.

The Present

Sustainability is humanity’s North Star — and it is within our reach

Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.

The head of a man and a woman are shown side by side in a research study focused on ketamine and depression.

Neuropsych

A vaccine for depression

Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.

A collage of photos featuring Carl Sagan standing next to a spacecraft.

The Past

Why the “father of the hydrogen bomb” hated Carl Sagan

Teller and Sagan debated fiercely over nuclear proliferation. But was the conflict as personal as it was intellectual for Teller?

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