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第2751期:The hidden logic of human harmony(3)
Episode 2
This can set off cycles of exuberant recursive mentalizing, as investors desperately search for focal points, each one buying an investment not because of its inherent productive value but because th…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
第2750期:The hidden logic of human harmony(2)
Episode 3
At larger scales, common salience or focal points and conventions, drive a lot of our legal and financial coordination. An everyday example is driving on the left, or on the right. It doesn't matter …
Published on 3 weeks ago
第2749期:The hidden logic of human harmony(1)
Episode 1
When the little boy said the emperor was naked, he wasn't telling them anything they didn't already know. But he added to their knowledge nonetheless. By blurting out what everyone could see within e…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
第2748期:Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone
Episode 2
Archaeological evidence indicates that ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia may have been in contact at least 10,000 years ago, when people in Mesopotamia began to farm and domesticate animals, and so makin…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
第2747期:What should you do if you cut off your finger?(2)
Episode 3
Surprisingly, severed tissues can survive for a few hours without these resources. And keeping them cool further slows the rate of tissue death, generally giving surgeons a 6-to-12-hour window for re…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
第2746期:What should you do if you cut off your finger?(1)
Episode 1
After a long day helping patients in the emergency room, Priya is prepping dinner when her knife slips and neatly severs her finger. Fortunately, being an ER doctor, she knows exactly what to do.在急诊室…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
第2745期:How to scientifically spot a genuine smile
Episode 2
They're not the same, are they? The smiles you see when you meet your friends and family compared with what you see from salespeople trying to get you to buy something or management consultants prete…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
第2744期:Michelin-starred chef's lobster bisque heading to space
Episode 3
Most of the food on the space station is standard packaged fare, full of goodness, no doubt, but lacking that culinary je ne sais quoi which any self-respecting French astronaut so badly needs. But a…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
第2743期:Can books treat mental health conditions?
Episode 1
"It opened up something in me that needed to be opened and needed to heal," says Elizabeth Russell, a teacher and librarian from the US state of Connecticut. She was going through a rough patch in li…
Published on 4 weeks ago
第2743a期:Why meeting in the middle isn’t enough(3)
Episode 5
So a question that I always get asked is: How? How do we integrate different perspectives? Well, it's an art and a science and something that has been explored at length by thinkers from Georg Hegel …
Published on 4 weeks ago