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The futurist behind Minority Report explains 3 steps for predicting what comes next.
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An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.
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WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explains why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.
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Futurist Ari Wallach asks, "how do we want to be remembered?"
We all want to have a good, stable relationship with somebody, says Dr. Helen Fisher. So it's important to understand how intense romantic love affects our long-term goals.
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Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
6mins
Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
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What the ‘decade of the brain’ taught us about drug addiction. (Hint, we had it all wrong before.)
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?
The concept is so complex that scientists still argue whether it exists or if it is an illusion.
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Catfish taste with their whole bodies – and that’s just one way animals sense the world totally differently than us.
9mins
Enlightenment is a traditionally mystical and slippery concept, but when it is subjected to the rigors of empirical analysis, there is a lot to be learned about our brains and ourselves.
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Pro-athletes are entertainers. Being healthy means something else.
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Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn't often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.
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Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.
“The very best arguments against God have been formulated by believers.”
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Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?