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The power of unconventional thinking | David McWilliams
From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they d…
2 years, 4 months ago
AI is dangerous, but not for the reasons you think | Sasha Luccioni
AI won't kill us all — but that doesn't make it trustworthy. Instead of getting distracted by future existential risks, AI ethics researcher Sasha Lu…
2 years, 4 months ago
How comedy helps us deal with hard truths | Roy Wood Jr.
There's a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. Perhaps that's why some of our biggest problems feel easiest to manage with a dose of humor. Comed…
2 years, 4 months ago
My quest to end the horror of gun violence in the US | Lucy McBath
US Congresswoman Lucy McBath has made it her mission to seek bipartisan solutions for gun safety, leading the way in sponsoring so-called “red flag” …
2 years, 4 months ago
A simple way to inspire your team | David Burkus
Using paychecks, perks and carefully worded mission statements plastered on posters, companies are on a never-ending quest to find what drives morale…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn
When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach y…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to Be a Better Human: How to stop finding your self-worth through your job (w/ Gloria Chan Packer)
For some of us, it's easy to lose ourselves in our work. But a lack of boundaries between your personal and work life is something mental wellness ed…
2 years, 4 months ago
A cleaner world could start in a rice field | Jim Whitaker and Jessica Whitaker Allen
Rice is the world's largest food source — and it's also a massive emitter of methane gas, a key contributor to climate change. Fifth-generation rice …
2 years, 4 months ago
The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine | Oleksandra Matviichuk
How do we defend people's freedom and dignity against authoritarianism, when the "law of war" doesn't seem to apply anymore? In the face of the Russi…
2 years, 4 months ago
The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia | Annie Rauwerda
Writer Annie Rauwerda makes a habit of getting lost among the seemingly endless digital archives of Wikipedia, discovering fake towns, promiscuous to…
2 years, 4 months ago