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In his book, The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu claims we now worship celebrities like deities. This can lead to all sorts of problems.
Facebook catches two AI chatbots talking in their own strange language.
Silicon Valley needs more diversity of thought and well-rounded thinkers. An interview with Scott Hartley, author of The Fuzzy and The Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World.
Employees at 32M, a company based in Wisconsin, now have the option of getting microchipped. Workers implanted with the RFID chip will be able to open doors, store medical info, and pay for purchases. Should this be the future workplace?
Primate archaeologists say that chimps are going through their own Stone Age.
At the same time MDMA is showing promise as a PTSD therapy, ecstasy is being cut with all sorts of nasty chemicals on the street.
A programmer was able to automate his remote job; collecting a full-time paycheck while working for two hours a week. The employer, none the wiser, is satisfied with the completed work. But is it ethical?
Is logic an immutable, unchangeable set of rules? Or has it it evolved with time – and will it continue to do so?
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Authors Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland on blurring the lines between science and magic.
Lise Feldman Barrett says emotional harm is worse for your health than physical harm. The legal system needs to catch up to the science.
A new study correlates personality type with sleeping position, with infographics
People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.
The event brought scholars and comedians together to take a look at what’s funny and why.
The Finnish government is giving its citizens money, plain and simple. But what’s the catch? And will it work?
Revolutionaries don’t retire. Passion, not age, predict the will to make positive change happen. July 4 celebrates the Declaration of Independence but it also shows that birthdays are no indicator of who can make a difference.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Geneticist Jennifer Doudna on the profound implications of her CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology for the future of humanity.
Consider the real meaning of nirvana next time you face a crisis.
For the Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix, good intentions and modern technology revitalize a classic album.
Author and music producer Kabir Sehgal finds instruction on the true value of money running through the world’s sacred texts.
In the glamor-filled world of drag queens, fashion and “ethical self-fashioning” might be closer than we think.
Smoking reflects a deep divide in American society.
Instead of viewing racism as a moral failure, Racists Anonymous treats it like a disease from which everyone suffers.
Self-diagnosing celiac disease is a problem. Yet gluten is becoming an increasing issue for many.
This is the first vision test of a fetus from inside the womb.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Poet, playwright, and arts educator Liza Jessie Peterson on lessons learned teaching incarcerated youth on Rikers Island.
Research on varied forms of intermittent fasting is proving to be of value.
Bob Dylan finally presents his Nobel prize acceptance speech.
Silicon Valley insiders are voicing concerns about programmers’ deliberate attempts to turn users into addicts.
Genetic changes in Egypt might have been caused by trade routes.