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Lawrence Summers provides a capsule of the last hundred years of American economic output.
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George Soros says energy investments will fuel America’s next boom.
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Peter Thiel articulates the divergent perspectives on what brought the U.S. economy to the brink.
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Peter Thiel on whether the United State is the next Japan.
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Peter Thiel explains the lessons learned from the burst of the technology bubble.
Peter Thiel on what the decline of hedge funds means for Main Street.
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Peter Thiel provides full context for the current economic crisis.
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Oliver Sacks discusses the intersection of writing and medicine.
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Oliver Sacks remembers his first encounter with sleeping sickness.
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Oliver Sacks discusses some bizarre cases from his most recent book "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain."
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Oliver Sacks discusses sterovision, amusia, and how his books come together.
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Oliver Sacks talks about his interest in studies of sensory perception.
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A classic from Big Think's archives in which Dr. Sacks explores the idea that brain disorders are also alternate lenses on reality.
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Oliver Sacks explains the difference between natural and induced hallucinations.
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Looking at the individual behind the disorder with Oliver Sacks.
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Oliver Sacks discusses changing the brain through meditation, and listening your way to Harvard.
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Oliver Sacks explains the different but equal hemispheres of the brain.
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Humans naturally create stories and narratives, says Oliver Sacks.
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Some of Darwin’s most revolutionary ideas were introduced through botany, says Oliver Sacks.
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The benefits and dangers of iPod listening.