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Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial trends go through births and deaths, revolutionizing business attitudes before turning stale. Tim Ferris explains two trends: one near its death, the other very much alive and kicking.
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Go fearlessly into the Internet, but not blindly, says Virginia Heffernan – each corner of digital culture has its best practices. Not learning them is a disrespect.
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Part of the rise in autism is due to better diagnosis, but Dr. Emeran Mayer thinks it’s something in our environment, and within us, that has played a role in causing this increase.
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Although we know better intellectually, we treats celebrities as if they exist in a different realm. Is there an element of misplaced religion at work?
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Did you know that our fascination with cold fusion — unlimited energy created at room temperature — all began with the holder of the first patent for the television?
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Behind our sexual impulses — who we feel attracted to and why — complex biological interactions help determine our feelings, our obsessions, our repulsions…
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Empathy moves us, but it may move us to make an unethical decision. Conversely, says Bloom, dehumanization is not the ultimate evil we typically assume it to be.
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Feeling motivated at work feels good, and it’s good for business. But employees and managers don’t always see eye-to-eye on this very important topic.
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Is the technology of the future more radical than the technology of the past? Alison Gopnik provides some historical perspective.
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His Holiness Pope Francis wants to see the end of two things in this world: red sauces at diplomatic dinners, and arrogance.
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No offense, says Slavoj Žižek, but maybe we need to incorporate some “gently racist” icebreakers into our conversations.
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The days may seem long, but life itself is rather short. Bill Nye the Science Guy puts the human lifespan into perspective with a hard look at the numbers that define our time on Earth.
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Times of great fear can lead to greater oppression. For Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the prospect of a Muslim registry is obscene, and it’s slippery slope to something much worse.
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When it comes to achieving fitness goals — or life goals — we often use the words “inspiration” and “motivation” interchangeably. But there is a crucial difference, says fitness expert Jillian Michaels.
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Imagine a world where governments compete for your citizenships. Bitcoin and Blockchain expert Toni Lane Casserly explains how this technology could anoint people over institutions.
How Blockchain Can Empower Migrants and Refugees
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There is censorship in science, admits Bill Nye – but not nearly as much as there should be.
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The ranking of empathy from highest to lowest goes liberals, conservatives, libertarians. But the difference is minor, says Paul Bloom. Typically the debate isn’t all over whether or not to empathize – it’s over who to empathize with.
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“Lifelong learning is extremely important,” says Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, “and the more we learn about life span the more important we realize it is.”
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Start at the beginning sounds like good advice, and yet it isn’t, says Tim Ferriss. He explains the value of the mastering the endgame, and of carving out empty space.
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Harvard bioethicist Glenn Cohen knows in his gut that sex and sexual reproduction are areas of human life that involve moral dilemmas. But when it comes to resolving those dilemmas and taking action, he recognizes the need to “go beyond the gut.”
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Facebook can flip your digital identity on and off at the switch; that is way too much power for any corporation to have, says Oliver Luckett — and we handed it to them.
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Only two things will change the minds of science skeptics: appeals to their ego, or their wallets.
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A very small person asks a very big question: why aren’t the moons of gaseous planets also made of gas?
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Whether you’re hatching “new-you” resolutions or need to end a bad habit, there’s a world of transformative wellness tech at your fingertips. Though some of it may shock you – literally.
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Before we had the right to vote, we had the right to protest, says journalist Wesley Lowery.
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Team leaders often think about ways they can increase motivation – but little thought goes into how they might be killing it.
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Are you detective material? This visual intelligence test will make you think twice about accuracy and just how much details matter.
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If hate is a virus, the U.S. has got it bad. Oliver Luckett presents a fascinating perspective on how the 2016 election divided America, how social media mimics biology, and how the U.S. can start to rebuild.
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Einstein believed his greatest blunder to have been the retraction of one of his equations but, as writer David Bodanis tells, the great scientist’s misstep actually happened immediately after.
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Tim Ferriss shares a bounty of strategies to help you really and truly overcome procrastination. And if it doesn’t do it for you, hey, at least you just killed 10 minutes.
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