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In this preview from “The Saucerian,” author Gabriel McKee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”
Warren Buffett famously noted that Berkshire Hathaway would “never depend on the kindness of strangers to stay in business.” Startups take note.
If an asteroid hadn’t killed off the dinosaurs, humans would almost certainly have never walked the Earth.
“Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language.”
In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.
By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.
Most people think that writing fantasy or science-fiction requires a strong imagination. Podcast host Mike Duncan shows a knowledge of real-world history is just as important.
Networking — not zombie-crunching your job applications — gives you a better chance of getting sourced or referred for a role.
How the cult hit sci-fi show imagines a “techno-realist” future.
The first in a series of short stories by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author that inspired the cult hit “Pantheon.”
Adam Bryant makes a key observation about rising to the challenges of leadership — and your change-resistant former self won’t like it.
We manipulate constantly — but few of us want to be called “manipulative.” Here, ex-Google executive Jenny Wood redefines an unfairly maligned trait.
OpenAI has become a household name in artificial intelligence — but back in 2018 things looked very rocky. Here’s what happened.
When you enter someone’s home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.
These books helped build the empirical case that life’s origins differ from those described in myths and legends.
The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
“Personality isn’t based on what we say we’ll do. It’s rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about.”
Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.
Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.
By weaponizing the global economy, the U.S. initiated a new era of economic warfare and transformed how major powers compete.
You got your promotion — but managing the pressure inherent to your elevated role is now a crucial part of your job.
Reality TV created Donald Trump. But who created reality TV?
Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
From acclaimed novels to heretical treatises, sometimes a writer just doesn’t want to put their name on the cover.
Magicians use “change blindness” to delight audiences — and you can use it to become an excellent colleague.
Migration statistics should be regarded with wariness as they are difficult to analyze properly and easily manipulated for political gain.
Professional sport is a hotbed of “performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
The legendary investor explains the transformative Objectives and Key Results goal-setting framework with an imaginary Super Bowl strategy.
Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.
Rebuilding the NFL franchise in the early 2020s echoed the corporate overhauls that had transformed Boeing and Ford.