Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

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Business

Why I’m writing OUTLAST: a book about resilience (and hope)

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Thinking

Everyday Philosophy: Should we ban children from playing dangerous sports?

“I think it’s about time we stop allowing every male generation bang their frontal lobe through its most developmental stages.”

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The Present

Can ranked-choice voting heal our poisoned politics?

The electoral reform also known as instant-runoff voting promises bridge-building and broad appeal instead of culture war and gridlock.

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Thinking

The “Triple-A Engine”: How the internet changed porn and how porn changed us

Everyone has to learn about sex somehow. Today, billions of people are learning about it from porn.

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High Culture

From fan to showrunner: How “House of the Dragon” creator Ryan Condal landed TV’s biggest job

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

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