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Tom Bloch needed a break from the all-consuming nature of being a CEO.
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Tom Bloch summarizes the charter school he founded in Kansas City.
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A culture based on the systematic disposal of potentially useful material items inspired Laurence Gonzales to ask some hard questions.
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The universities where Laurence Gonzales has taught have replaced the rules of scholarship with the rules of business.
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Citing TV as a primary example, Laurence Gonzales says there are simply not enough opportunities for thought.
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Socrates would say any medium of inquiry is worthless if it’s making us shallower.
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With technology, our gain in efficiency is another person’s loss in toxicity says Laurence Gonzales.
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Laurence Gonzales says being aware of our behavioral patterns is the first step in noticing how we make mistakes.
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Being more inefficient on purpose can bring the irrelevancy of our efficient behavior to light Laurence Gonzales notes.
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Relying on a system of mental models can confuse associations with reality says Laurence Gonzales. .
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Author Laurence Gonzales charts recent human de-evolution.
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In his book, Laurence Gonzales goes from human behavior to the cosmos in an attempt to explain why smart people do stupid things.
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Rebecca Miller talks about why she writes about men confronting death, motherhood and how we all handle things differently
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Rebecca Miller reads a passage from The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.
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Rebecca Miller talks about watching her novels become film and what it is like to select actors for characters she has created.
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Rebecca Miller talks about the woman who inspired Pippa, keeping character and self separate and why she hopes people read this book.
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Rebecca Miller talks about how we define ourselves, how she came to be an artist and how her own identity has shifted over time.
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Senator Wofford lays out an action-plan for President Obama: pass the Kennedy-Hatch Bill.
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Known for his villains and unsympathetic characters, actor Alan Rickman talks about his work in the film “Nobel Son” and the “Harry Potter” series. Distributed in partnership with Uinterview.com.
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Heidi Melin says women need to keep their career options open.