June 29, 2012

Personality Quiz: What Kind of TV Studio Exec Would You Be?

Imagine yourself in the hotseat at NBC programming. Are you the Industry Leader? The Runaway Train? Or the Sniveling Quail? Take our psychometrically untested personality quiz and find out!

Jason Gots

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Imagine yourself in the hotseat at NBC programming. Are you the Industry Leader? The Runaway Train? Or the Sniveling Quail?

Take our psychometrically untested personality quiz and find out!

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Black arrows pointing upwards on a yellow background, creating an abstract pattern of growth and progress.

Business

Ethan Mollick’s 4 guiding principles for leading with AI

The Wharton School professor — and author of Co-Intelligence — outlines ways we can tap into the AI advantage safely and effectively.

A stylized image of the Statue of Liberty with a red overlay subtly symbolizes resilience and freedom, evoking thoughts on life expectancy.

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When it comes to life expectancy, there are 10 Americas

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A digital visualization displays particle collision results with colored tracks and trails diverging from a central point against a black background, hinting at how B-mesons might break the standard model.

Starts With A Bang

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A smartphone with a red case displays a world map on the screen, set against a vibrant orange background.

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Dr. AI will see you now

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In the Baltics, 85 millimeters separate East from West

A new railway will switch the Baltic region’s train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.

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