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Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
The corporate unicorn was yesterday — now we should consider the wisdom of black and white stripes.
Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with “an unnatural ghastly glow”? One inventor thought you would.
Quarks and leptons are the smallest known subatomic particles. Does the Standard Model allow for an even smaller layer of matter to exist?
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here’s why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.
James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.
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We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
Plato, Sun Tzu, and Buddha all lived in a “golden age” of philosophy that laid the foundation of modern thought.
We are still new at this.
Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
Great genius is not born of lightning bolt-like moments of inspiration. In reality, perseverance plays the biggest role.
Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn’t have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
“The Soul of a New Machine” provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity’s greatest thinkers.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?
Size matters, but it’s not the only thing.
The first “running machine” — later known as the bicycle — symbolizes a key design idea.
Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.
After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.