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Business Defamiliarization: How “ostranenie” can redefine life, art, and business Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
The Past How humanity became slaves to the clock In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.
The Learning Curve How to succeed and find meaning in a “post-career” world In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
Why haven’t we found aliens? A physicist shares the most popular theories There are a few theories as to why we’ve never found other intelligent life in our Universe. Physicist Brian Cox walks us through them. ▸ 13 min — with Brian Cox
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: Is our Universe truly matter-dominated? The laws of physics don't prefer matter over antimatter. So how can we be certain that distant stars & galaxies aren't made of antimatter?
Guest Thinkers The Deficit Chickenhawks We have to stop kidding ourselves, Paul Krugman says. No one in Congress really cares about the deficit. Krugman’s right. As much as our politicians claim to care about the […]