Videos — April 6, 2011

What Do Toddlers and Shakespeare Have in Common?

They both experiment with language, recombining words and phrases in novel ways. Steven Pinker explains how his studies in childhood linguistics try to shed light on linguistic creativity in general.

Can we build a Metaverse that’s GOOD?

Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.

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4 min

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Matthew Ball

Videos

“I don’t have imposter syndrome and neither do you”

An inclusion expert explains why women of color are held back.

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7 min

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with

Ruchika Tulshyan

The Well

Why consciousness is one of the most divisive issues in science today

Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?

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8 min

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with

Max Tegmark

The Well

The 3 “demons” that haunted legendary scientists

Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’

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7 min

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with

Jimena Canales

Celebrity CEOs are amazing. Until they backfire.

Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?

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with

Anna Butrico

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