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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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A conversation with the former Governor of New York State.
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As Alan Greenspan defends his role in the financial meltdown, the ex-Governor of New York argues that he blundered badly in his understanding of human corruption.
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Bernie Madoff was bigger, more brazen, and more remarkable, because of his capacity to survive. But he was not unique. He epitomizes an “era of irresponsibility.”
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Climate change makes the extinction expert toss and turn.
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The idea that “going back to nature” will solve the climate crisis is a dangerous misconception.
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The biologist and paleontologist remembers “the smartest man [he’s] ever known.”
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Why Earth may be exceptional, and life exceptionally rare in the universe.
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Our inability to detect other life in the universe may stem from interstellar communication problems. Then again, it may be because Earth evolution is “like Mr. Bean.”
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Peter Ward explains how the scientific community can improve its dismal public outreach—and why he believes the problem of women in science is solving itself.
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The economic slowdown has briefly slowed CO2 emissions. Humanity may still squeak through the climate crisis—though not without “untold misery,” says Peter Ward.
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Peter Ward’s “Medea Hypothesis” suggests that all multicellular life is doomed to kill itself off in the long run. Intelligence, he says, may be the only loophole.
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The CO2 levels Peter Ward measured on a recent trip to Antarctica left him with a bleak view of the future of the planet.
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An interview with the biologist and paleontologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Laurent Dubois dispels the myths surrounding Haiti’s voodoo religion and other misconceptions that damage foreigners’ relief efforts.
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The Haiti historian explains why real recovery from the disaster must begin at the grassroots level and addresses the controversial question of whether France should provide “reparations.”
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From the 18th-century slave revolution to 2010’s horrific earthquake, Haiti has experienced endless volatility. How is its historical legacy worsening the current crisis?
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A conversation with the Professor of French Studies and History at Duke University.
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Despite the country’s recent troubles, Newt Gingrich thinks that America’s role as “the leading symbol of how humans can work together” isn’t going anywhere.
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“The single most important slogan of the next quarter century is 2+2=4.” As Newt Gingrich explains, the continued failure to acknowledge life’s bare truths is building a system that is […]
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The growing link between Wall Street and Washington and the shameless flaunting of taxpayer money by big banks are creating an America so corrupt it can’t even figure out vegetable […]