All Videos — December 5, 2012

The Outlook for Solar for 2013

Van Jones

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

You should not pull the plug on an emerging technology just because it’s Tuesday at noon and you’re frustrated.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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Thinking

Everyday Philosophy: Why does it seem like philosophy is dead?

Philosophy cures no disease and invents nothing new. What’s even the point?

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Why are inertial and gravitational mass equivalent?

The mass that gravitates and the mass that resists motion are, somehow, the same mass. But even Einstein didn’t know why this is so.

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Business

How two “razors” can help you make smarter decisions

Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Why don’t we feel the Universe’s expansion accelerating?

The Universe isn’t just expansion, but the expansion itself is accelerating. So why can’t we feel it in any measurable way?

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The Present

The overlooked virtues of a crowded world

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

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The New Digital Literacy

Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, argues that software developers should take responsibility for the vital role they play in a digital society, and individuals need to be aware of the basic digital literacy skills we need to possess in order to be programmers, not just subjects who are programmed.