In the past decade, we’ve seen an unprecedented rise of powerful social networks, connecting millions or even billions of people who can now communicate almost instantaneously. But…
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Psychologist Steven Pinker studies the interface between language and human computation, which he argues is the key to understanding human nature. Mirror neurons, the cells in the…
Salon blogger Glenn Greenwald gave a talk at the Socialism 2012 conference in Chicago where he described how central it was to activism and movements like the…
In physics, the twentieth century started with the twin revolutions of relativity and quantum mechanics. Much of the second half of the century was devoted to the…
Why are modern afflictions like diabetes, obesity and hypertension largely non-existent in tribal societies? Do traditional societies have superior ideas about how to live well? Our current,…
Whether we’re entrepreneurs persuading funders, employees pitching colleagues, politicians pushing policies, parents and teachers cajoling kids, social networkers trying to grow our Twitter following; we all spend…
Series of small talks about how our world – and our understanding of it – is changing. American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says he would like to…
In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details…
From the nation’s beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over…
The theory of quantum mechanics has been hotly debated for over 100 years as our best description for the entire physical world. But the behaviour of small…
