Slim is Simple
Since the 1970's we've been told we need to eat less and exercise more. Today more of us are dieting and exercising than e...
Why 30 Is Not the New 20
Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a thro...
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Comm...
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Comp...
What We Can Learn From Traditio...
Why are modern afflictions like diabetes, obesity and hypertension largely non-existent in tribal societies? Do traditiona...
Extremes
A century has passed since Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. In the intervening hundred years we h...
Monopolies as an Introduction t...
In the study of economics, the big questions recapitulate the little ones. If you think about the cost of a chocolate chip...
The Illusion of Free Will
A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, rel...
Quantum Origins of Space and Time
Renate Loll from Utrecht University's Institute for Theoretical Physics delivers a lecture on Searching for the Quantum Or...
Parrots, the Universe and Every...
In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before the death of Douglas Adams (best-selling British author and satirist who crea...
Hacking the Future
A panel discussion on whether people should be anonymous on the Internet, and Anonymous with speakers Clay Shirky, danah b...
