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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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When Malachy McCourt ran for governor, he promised to change the name of the state.
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“He was the only smaller person that I looked up to,” says his younger brother Malachy.
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“My purpose in life always has been to avoid work,” confides Malachy McCourt. “And I hear people saying, ‘I work hard and I pay my taxes.’ Well, you’re an asshole.”
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The Irish, because they had nothing else to do, used language and glorious terms.
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Over there we’re Yanks, over here we’re Irish. My brother Frank and myself decided a long time ago that what we are is New Yorkers.
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In the US, they don’t let gays march, whereas in Ireland, gay people get prizes for being the most colorful group.
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A conversation with the Irish author and actor.
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Game changers that we see in mobile communication can really displace some of the need to move ourselves around.
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In the future, commuting to work will be rare.
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Why do we haul around ourselves in a vehicle that is 20 times our own weight because it’s got three, four, five, six, or seven empty seats?
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Geoff Wardle and Dave Meyers put together an organization that promotes openness and collaboration.
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Can consumers rid themselves of the “car or nothing” mentality?
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People need to feel that they have the level of control over their journey as if they used a car.
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A Conversation With the Director, Advanced Mobility Research, Art Center College of Design.
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Automobiles get all the passion in the design world. Designers need to export that passion to other modes of transportation.
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What’s the “women in science” problem, again? From the grad student whose thesis advisor stole her Nobel-winning ideas to the once-ridiculed theorist of dark matter, female scientific excellence has long […]
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Will humans ever figure out how to time travel? Or discover an equation that explains the universe? The theoretical physicist describes a reality that’s stranger than the science fiction he […]
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It’s foreign-born scientists that keep the U.S. winning all those Nobel Prizes. But we can’t rely on their superior education forever.
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“Science is not about memorizing facts,” says Michio Kaku. It’s about innovation and curiosity and imagining Internet access in your contact lenses.
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Thanks to a myopic Congress, the U.S. now lags behind Europe in particle physics research. If only our politicians were as enterprising as the young Michio Kaku, who tried to […]