The playwright on creating the Brooklyn Writers Space.

“I don’t actually have any expectation to make money as a playwright until I’m really, really old.”

Abolish ordinary health insurance and expand catastrophic coverage.

The filmmaker shares the trials and tribulations of movie making.

A conversation with the producer and director of the film “Transcendent Man”.

The filmmaker talks about his future, his desires and his favorite films.

The filmmaker talks about the futuristic ideas of Ray Kurzweil.

A conversation with the author and behavioral finance theorist.

The behavioral finance theorist invites us to imagine a bank we can trust.

Richard Thaler reveals how to be frugal without thinking about it.

Richard Thaler wants more “skin in the game” to encourage money managers to avoid risks.

The behavioral finance theorist, Richard Thaler, explores an example from his book “Nudge”: how images of flies on airport urinals reduce male spillage.

Richard Thaler to overconfident risk managers: there’s more risk out there than you think.

Dean Kamen shares how he adapted one of his inventions, a tiny drug delivery system for neonatal cancer patients, for adults with other conditions.

Inventor Dean Kamen discusses how successful creative people fail frequently, rarely work linearly and never give up.

In our lifetime we’re going to start to see individual therapies customized for individual patients, and it’s going to change the way people get health care.

Increasing medical bills are a fact of life, says the scientist. In fact, “we should be happy that we are such a rich society … that we can afford to […]

Dean Kamen jokes about how his first invention wasn’t a big seller.

Inventor Dean Kamen calls on us to inspire children to be engineers and problem-solvers, not the next NBA or Hollywood star.

The co-founder of FIRST talks about creativity, inspiring kids to become geeks and the myth that the US has a healthcare crisis.

Watch Dr. Oliver Fein, one of the leading advocates for a single-payer national health plan, explore innovative new ideas for improving access and saving lives.

A conversation with the author and Senior Editor of Harper’s Magazine.

Writers, take note of the venues that keep the craft alive.

These are the reasons print media is here to stay.

Electronic media builds communities but also distracts us relentlessly.

American society’s Internet addiction is natural and avoiding it is nearly impossible.

Conformity in hipster culture knows no bounds.

The Harper’s editor explains the evolution of a very original kind of performance art.

Prospective students should really do some soul searching before they pursue an advanced degree.

An interview with Robert Dolan, Dean of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.