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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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A conversation with the world’s fastest knife-thrower.
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Abrams weighs in on the Supreme Court’s free speech decisions on the non-profit corporation Citizens United’s right to broadcast a film critical of Hilary Clinton ahead of the 2008 election […]
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Abrams’ initial interest was in English law, which is less protective of free speech. As he learned more about the role that journalists can play at their best—and about the […]
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Our understanding of the First Amendment is in flux. According to Abrams, these five cases have deeply shaped how freedoms of speech, press, and religion have come to be defined.
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Abrams, who worked on the Pentagon Papers case, talks about how Julian Assange’s exposés about U.S. policy are different from Daniel Ellsberg’s revelations about Vietnam.
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The U.S. has an “astonishing” and “breathtaking” degree of freedom for people, organizations, and institutions to have their say. Abrams talks about where this freedom meets its limits.
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The legendary First Amendment lawyer gives a primer on what everyone needs to know about freedoms of religion, speech and press.
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A conversation with the legendary First Amendment attorney.
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The philosopher thinks that parents of babies that have the more severe variances of diseases like spina bifida should have the right to end their child’s life “swiftly and humanely.”
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Dr. Stone explains what motivates men who commit serial sexual homicide and whether or not they are born evil.
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Thanks to MRI and fMRI bran scans, we now know much more about how damage to or deficiencies in certain parts of the brain may underlie “evil” behavior.
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Evil is so subjective that what we perceive as evil, Islamic terrorists do not, says Stone. But we can all agree that Bernie Madoff is evil.
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Some children—thankfully few—are born without a conscience or the ability to feel compassion.
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We’re all guilty of a little Facebook stalking now and then, but the men Stone describes are driven to extreme lengths by their obsessions.
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Psychiatrist Michael Stone explains his 22-point scale of evil, ranging from justified homicide to crimes so shocking and unspeakable they “take your breath away.”
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An interview with the Columbia University forensic psychiatrist.
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The famous developer of Perl talks about his work set-up, how he works best, and why he sometimes procrastinates.
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“But when good taste becomes mandatory, then it’s not really good taste any more—it’s just manners,” says Wall.
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The “Lord of the Rings” characters embody what Wall sees as the three virtues of good programmers: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
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Programmer Larry Page offers language suggestions to amateur programmers who might not know exactly where to start.