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Confidence is a mark of intuitive thinking regardless of whether intuitive thinking is expert intuitive thinking or heuristic intuitive thinking.
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Important aspects of how we live today will shock the consciences of those who look back on us, says Summers, just as we are shocked by the consciences of those […]
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"One of the problems with promotions is that we promote people based on outcomes, not about the quality of their decisions," says Ariely.
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Harvard Professor Lisa New describes how Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables speaks to classic American responses to economic crisis.
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Dr. Jeffrey Brenzel presents five takeaways from reading the classics.
In this amazing video, aerial acrobat and dare devil Yves Rossy jumps from a helicopter and flies over the Swiss Alps using a jet pack. Rossy then joins two jets […]
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Economist and Author Daniel Altman explains why middlemen are thriving in the global economy.
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Economist and Author Daniel Altman explains why middlemen are thriving in the global economy.
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The President of Human Capital at Mercer, a global consulting firm, discusses one of the most interesting findings of the firm's international "Inside Employees' Minds" survey.
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The whole process of how we design and create future generations is changing. Your grandchildren, maybe your children, maybe even you, are going to reproduce differently than your grandparents did.
This video depicts police at the University of California, Davis pepper-spraying seated protestors.
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Essential Value of a Classic Education," Jeffrey Brenzel, Philosopher and Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at […]
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Essential Value of a Classic Education," Jeffrey Brenzel, Philosopher and Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at […]
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There are so many advances going on right now in biotechnology that really have a wow factor," says Arrison. "Gene therapy to cure cancer and tissue engineering, growing brand new […]
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There is going to be more and more debate and controversy as to what constitutes a heavy element given the fact that it only exists for a brief fraction of […]
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Among the counterintuitive facts leadership expert Jim Collins has uncovered is that personal charisma is largely irrelevant in successful leadership. In fact, it can be dangerous.
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In this segment from his Floating University lecture, Leon Botstein explores what makes an artist good. "Eventually you can look at your own photograph that you took of your friend […]
Twila Tharp's choreography is showcased in this medley featuring "River of Dreams/Keeping the Faith/Only the Good Die Young" at the 2003 Tony Awards.