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In a world obsessed with innovation and complexity, the value of simple solutions to essential problems is disastrously obscured.
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A conversation with the co-founder of 37signals.
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If we want to help advance a shift in the scientific community, we need to create a safe place for young people with good ideas.
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The field of mobility is stalling because the U.S. regulation system makes it very difficult to test out innovations. Plus, the regulated have become the regulators.
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Planes, trains, automobiles: Richard Schaden talks about which inventions are likely to unleash the next waves of transportation innovation.
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Airplane crashes often arise from the pilot’s lack of control over the vessel.
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The technology to advance airplanes is there. So why aren’t we getting anywhere?
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Attorney Richard Schaden pioneered big verdicts that transformed safety measures for the aviation industry.
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Attorney Richard Schaden explains why he does everything in his power to stay out of the Federal Court.
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A conversation with the aviator, trial lawyer, and founder of Beyond the Edge.
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Duke University Professor Negar Mottahedeh says Islamic law in Iran helped produce the country’s distinctive film aesthetic.
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The New York Times claims that the U.S. is already fighting a “third, largely covert war” in Yemen. After the Christmas Day terror attempt, can President Obama keep his promise […]
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As terror attacks continue to plague Yemen, Gregory Johnsen explains how al-Qaeda has secured a lasting presence there.
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The Yemen expert describes the major changes he’s witnessed in visiting and studying the country, and the “three layers of crisis” that it confronts today.
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A conversation with the Middle East and Yemen expert at Princeton University.
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The systemic problems of inequality penetrate the entire social hierarchy, giving wealthy, but disparate societies like the U.S., greater health problems and shorter life expectancies than many, less economically developed, […]
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Highly unlikely, explains the epidemiologist. The lack of social cohesion creates a dynamic that makes us too untrusting, consumption-driven and anxious to conquer such a demanding task.
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A rise in inequality has been proven to generate a “social dysfunction” so powerful it leads to higher levels of mental illness, worse physical health, more obesity, and increased violence.
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An epidemiologist explains the evidence that life expectancy, happiness, and well-being do not increase with income and national wealth.
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The most powerful source of stress for humans is the possibility of being judged negatively by others. As the epidemiologist explains, this social anxiety acts directly on our bodies and […]
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A conversation with the University of York Epidemiologist
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His book is called “The Genius in All of Us.” But do any men or women of brilliance hold special fascination for David Shenk?
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The sheer plasticity of the brain often contradicts our ideas about what we “can” or “can’t” do.
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There’s nothing wrong with intelligence tests, says David Shenk. It’s our misinterpretations of their results that foster a dangerous “myth of IQ.”
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“Fail better,” Beckett advised. David Shenk affirms that it’s not just persistence that produces brilliance—it’s persistence at a skill level beyond one’s own.
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Thanks to teaching methods such as the Suzuki school, “child prodigies” are more common than ever, yet most still peak early. How can parents help kids make the most of […]
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The astonishing skills displayed by autistic savants are evidence not of the mystery and rarity of genius, but of the plasticity of the ordinary human mind.
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A conversation with the author of “The Genius in All of Us.”
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Genes and environment don’t determine different quantities of our success (or failure). Instead, they operate together in surprising and complex ways.
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His hope is that by March 2010, a new entity will be charged with looking out for systemic risk in the economy.
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