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We're going to have so many extraordinary scientific breakthroughs. It's amazing what we have coming.
HARPER CARROLL
Artificial Intelligence Engineer & Educator
121: The Inner Workings and Outsized Benefits of Artificial Intelligence -
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This is one of the rarest looks at how Silicon Valley works, how a startup works, how CEOs operate.
ASHLEE VANCE
NYT Bestselling Author & Filmmaker
115: Spaceships, Silicon Valley, and Psilocybin -
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Things in your life that give you happiness tend to do so less and less over time because of "habituation."
TALI SHAROT
Cognitive Neuroscientist at MIT
99: How to Reset and Retrain Our Brains -
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If you want to know the world as it is, you need to know what people really think and why. Full stop.
GREG LUKIANOFF
President and CEO of FIRE
90: In Defense of an Eternally Radical Idea -
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We have the most freedom to have sex on our own terms. And yet, it seems like a lot of people feel lost.
CHRISTINE EMBA
Washington Post Writer & Author of Rethinking Sex
75: Why All the Sex We’re Having Is Unsatisfying -
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It completely changes the way that we move goods and services, not only around the world, but also into space.
ANDY LAPSA
CEO of Stoke Space
74: Going to Space, Reusing the Entire Rocket, and Flying Again in 24 Hours -
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I've seen it firsthand that when you do something that sparks your joy, the universe will open doors for you.
SAMBA SCHUTTE
Comedian and Actor, Our Flag Means Death
73: Ensemble Acting, Bilingual Comedy, and the Benefits of Being an Outsider -
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Rather than having nice free markets, we have this monstrous, toxic melding of public and private power.
GRACE BLAKELEY
Economist and Journalist
98: The Corrosive Costs of Vulture Capitalism -
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People forget the critical lesson: there's no law of nature that grants us a civilization that will continue to work.
TIM URBAN
Writer of Wait But Why
72: A Self-Help Book for Societies -
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Death taught me how to live. I had that thought when my brother died - if death doesn't teach us how to live, it's in vain.
AYISHAT AKANBI
Artist and Cultural Commentator
12: How Tragedy Can Lead to Growth -
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We can right the wrongs we've done to our planet, repair a damaged ecosystem, and turn it back into what it once was.
FORREST GALANTE
Television Host & Wildlife Conservationist
71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction -
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America is plagued by this divide of red and blue. It's twisted. And we have to start there.
MÓNICA GUZMÁN
Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels
77: From Fear to Fascination: Understanding Each Other in a Divided World -
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There's more carbon stored in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet. And it's warming about four times faster.
BEN LAMM
Co-Founder of Colossal Biosciences
70: Making Extinction a Thing of the Past -
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People talk a big game about freedom of speech, and they're just trying to get their grubby hands on the censor's pen.
KAT ROSENFIELD
Columnist and Novelist
91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like -
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In the hands of a skillful demagogue, problems can become grievances. That's fuel to the populist political fire.
RICHARD REEVES
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men
What We Talk About:
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Tech & Innovation
The future of lab-grown meat, the promise of nuclear energy, the innovation driving electric vehicles, the protocols safeguarding viral research, the technology enabling accessible internet, and more.
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Society & Culture
The injustice of civil asset forfeiture, the solution to political conflict, the benefits of longterm commitment, the lessons of documenting protests, the importance of childhood literacy, and more.
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Art & Creativity
The surprising benefits of fasting, the punk rock nature of stand-up comedy, the intersection of songwriting and biography, the dangers of creative gatekeeping, the humor to be mined from friendship, and more.