Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

SXSW 2009

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Here’s my schedule for SXSW 2009, courtesy of Sched. If you’d like to meetup, text me at 650-796-9815. I’m especially looking for people to interview who are relevant to trends in the video and general online marketing spaces.

I’m using google docs to manage my contacts for sxsw, please submit your information below:

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A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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The Present

A study on “honesty pledges” became famous. Its data was fake

Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.

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The Learning Curve

The 3 disciplines of Stoicism: A guide for living a life of meaning and intention

Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.

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High Culture

Stephen Hawking’s famous voice belonged to this pioneering MIT scientist

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: What Is The Science Behind Wearing A Mask?

At a very simple level, it’s nothing but physics. Here’s why you should care. It’s not very often that a physics problem becomes a politicized issue, but that’s exactly what’s happened […]

Starts With A Bang

What Will It Be Like When We Reach The End Of The Universe?

There’s a million things we haven’t done. But just you wait. The Universe as we know it began some 13.8 billion years ago with the onset of the hot Big Bang. […]

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