Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIan Morris: Why the West Rules - For Now
### Geographical determinism Historians and others who try to explain the world dominance by the West since the 18th century usually put it down to l…
15 years ago
Alexander Rose: Millennial Precedent
Alexander Rose, Long Now Executive Director and project manager for the Clock of the Long Now, discussed lessons learned in multi-millennial site des…
15 years ago
Matt Ridley: Deep Optimism
### Undeniable Progress Hominids had upright walking, stone tools, fire, even language but still remained in profound stasis. What led to humanity's …
15 years, 1 month ago
Mary Catherine Bateson: Live Longer, Think Longer
### Parenting Earth The birth of a first child is the most intense disruption that most adults experience. Suddenly the new parents have no sleep, no…
15 years, 2 months ago
Philip K. Howard: Fixing Broken Government
### Government 4.0 Americans have made major adjustments to our government before, Howard declared. At the beginning of the 20th century a Progressiv…
15 years, 3 months ago
Rick Prelinger: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 5
### Lives of San Francisco "You are the soundtrack," Prelinger told the capacity audience at the Herbst Theater, and they responded to his mostly sil…
15 years, 4 months ago
Rachel Sussman: The World's Oldest Living Organisms
### The Missing Science of Biological Longevity Creative photographer Sussman showed beautiful slides of very elderly organisms. The captions were as…
15 years, 5 months ago
Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought
### Languages are Parallel Universes "To have a second language is to have a second soul," said Charlemagne around 800 AD. "Each language has its own…
15 years, 6 months ago
Jane McGonigal & Stewart Brand: Long Conversation 19 of 19
**This is one conversation out of the 19 that took place as part of the Long Conversation.[Media links for the other Conversations are available here…
15 years, 6 months ago
Jane McGonigal & Tiffany Shlain: Long Conversation 18 of 19
**This is one conversation out of the 19 that took place as part of the Long Conversation.[Media links for the other Conversations are available here…
15 years, 6 months ago