Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Dangerously innumerate

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In what may be the best word play yet on the name of my blog, Tom Hoffman had issues with my previous post on GDP overachievers. Check out the conversation: the phrase ‘jibber jabber’ was used!

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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Neuropsych

The “friendship divide” explained: How your education affects your ability to connect

“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions.”

An image of a cluster of galaxies, meaning science.

Starts With A Bang

10 thoughtful insights about the great cosmic unknowns

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

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The Future

AI chatbots may ease the world’s loneliness (if they don’t make it worse)

Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.

An older man with glasses writes on paper, superimposed on a graph with a wavy purple line on a black grid background, evoking the Hemingway effect.

The Learning Curve

Tap into the “Hemingway effect” to finish what you start

To maintain momentum and flow, the great novelist Ernest Hemingway didn’t burn himself out — but learned when to put his work down.

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The Future

The “Whisperverse”: The future of mobile computing is an AI voice inside your head

The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.

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