All Videos — January 28, 2011

Learning From Failure

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Failure is a terrible thing, but there’s no other way for people to learn how to do most things except to screw up enough until the point where they get better at it.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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The Present

AI skeptic Gary Marcus on AI’s moral and technical shortcomings

The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.

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The Future

How Neuralink’s chief competitor is tapping into the brain without surgery

“Neurotech is not just about the brain,” says Synchron CTO Riki Banerjee, explaining how their tech can help with paralysis, brain diseases, and beyond.

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Thinking

Everyday Philosophy: Bad at probability? That might be a blessing.

How black and white is your thinking?

A close-up of a neoclassical building's facade with ornate carvings and columns, featuring an emblem at the center, reflects the grandeur often associated with the global elite.

The Present

A surprising share of the global elite went to Harvard

A survey of more than 6,000 of the world’s richest, most influential people shows that 9% of them attended Harvard University.

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Business

10 lessons I learned in 2024

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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