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Back to SearchRethinking Big Ideas: The Path to a More Generous World
Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler has never felt comfortable with an economic system that values short-term profits over long-term human needs.…
5 years, 11 months ago
Rethinking Big Ideas: Daniel Pink on the Future of Work
How will the pandemic change the way we organize our days? Our sense of purpose? Our commitments to others? So many questions! Who better to answer t…
5 years, 11 months ago
Rethinking Big Ideas: On Finding Joy in Simple Pleasures
Last season, author/designer Ingrid Fetell Lee taught us about joy spotting. It’s the practice of going out into the world and finding ordinary objec…
5 years, 11 months ago
Rethinking Big Ideas: Steven Johnson on Scientific Breakthroughs
What kinds of bold thinking might lead us out of this pandemic? In this lively conversation, Steven Johnson and Rufus Griscom talk about the innovati…
5 years, 11 months ago
Rethinking Big Ideas: Susan Cain on Solitude
Last season, we brought you ideas with the power to change the way you see the world. Now that the world’s been turned upside down, we thought it’d b…
6 years ago
STILLNESS: How to Find Peace in a Frantic World
What do the Buddha, John F. Kennedy, Mr. Rogers, and Leonardo da Vinci all have in common? The ability to be still and tune out the busy, buzzing dro…
6 years, 2 months ago
FREE MONEY: Why Andrew Yang Thinks a Giveaway Can Save the Economy
Andrew Yang has a pretty bleak vision for the future. The way he sees it, we’re staring down the barrel of a techno-apocalypse. Robots will replace m…
6 years, 2 months ago
HABITS: How to Let Go of The Old and Bring in the New
Why is it so hard to break bad habits and replace them with good ones? You may think it all comes down to willpower. But social psychologist Wendy Wo…
6 years, 2 months ago
GATHERING: How to Make Our Time Together Meaningful
Why do so many of our get-togethers feel awkward and unproductive? Priya Parker, author of “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters,” sa…
6 years, 2 months ago
FUTURE: Can We Build a More Generous World
In this episode, we’re peering into the future with Kickstarter co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler. He’s got a new book out called “This Could Be Ou…
6 years, 3 months ago