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When will we be able to enter a room and create an imaginary scenario so realistic that it seems as if we are really there? Sooner than you think, says […]
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Sarah Kay is an up-and-coming artist who has worked as a performance poet since age 14. In this video, she performs at the inaugural Nantucket Project event, a festival of […]
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“I was fighting a lot of people’s expectations of what comedy was and who should be delivering the jokes,” says Margaret Cho. But if you really want to do something, […]
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Neuroscientist Joy Hirsch talks about the new frontier of brain imaging.
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Today's video is part of a series on female genius, in proud collaboration with 92Y's 7 Days of Genius Festival.
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The CEO of IDEO, a global design consultancy, explains how to use design to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and engagement at work.
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With the global financial crisis ongoing, the concept of “short-termism” has emerged as one underlying explanation for our current woes. As the argument goes, the increasing emphasis on quarterly reports […]
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Larry Summers argues “I think we have substantially more problems with inadequate accountability in the United States than we have with excessive myopia in the United States.”
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Dr. Michio Kaku explains one theory behind déjà vu and asks, “Is it ever possible on any scale to perhaps flip between different universes?”
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Larry Summers, Eric Schmidt, Skip Gates, Dean Kamen, Rahm Emanuel, Craig Venter and many other thought-leaders and innovators convened on Nantucket from September 30 to October 2, 2011. Those are […]
Eric Schmidt appeared on a panel called “Taking the Long View – Building an Economic Foundation for the Future” at the Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas centered around the […]
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Eric Schmidt appeared on a panel called “Taking the Long View – Building an Economic Foundation for the Future” at the Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas centered around the […]
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It turns out we’re not the only species that assembles ourselves into networks, says sociologist Nicholas Christakis. Consider the slime mold.
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Children exposed to two languages before their first birthday enjoy myriad cognitive benefits.
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Psychologist and Author Dan Ariely says Zappos’ policy of offering potential customer service employees $3000 not to take the job is money well spent.
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“There’s a reason why we are attracted to certain people,” says Michio Kaku. Evolution has slowed down, but it hasn’t stopped.
