Technology & Innovation — January 16, 2014

Dennis Kozlowski Revisited

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Dennis Kozlowski, the founder and former CEO of Tyco, is often seen as a poster child for an era wrought with greed and corporate corruption. Catherine Neal challenges this one-dimensional view of the man.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A stopwatch appears normal on the left side while the right side is digitally warped, creating a distorted, wavy effect that makes you question, "Does time exist?

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Does time exist, or is it an illusion?

The passage of time is something we all experience, as it takes us from one moment to the next. But could it all just be an illusion?

An image of a pop-culture city with a woman in the sky, representing future visions.

The Future

Are fictional dystopias blocking us from better futures?

Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.

A group of people practicing altruistic capitalism while looking at a graph on a green background.

Business

5 companies that are busting the myth of “profits at any cost”

A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.

Einstein with his class of students in 1896

Starts With A Bang

Einstein’s top professor didn’t believe in his abilities

Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a “lazybones” with a “not very solid” education. Less than 10 years later, he would eat his words.

a close up of a cookie monster holding a banana.

The Learning Curve

Why gaining power turns you into an actual Cookie Monster

As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)

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