If it isn’t in another category, it is here.
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05, 2017
Fables for the Present Time
Stories of science and learning in our time.
25
04, 2017
Promoting one’s image
The modern fascination with "image," particularly that of ourselves.
20
04, 2017
Elon Musk and Sam Altman Speak on the Future of Information
Elon Musk and Sam Altman speak about the future of technology and its uses in accessing and using information.
19
04, 2017
On science and ethics: conveying and exploding knowledge
Can you write a book on ethics, using words of science, that would explode all other books?
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04, 2017
Technology addiction and self-alienation (Claudia Dreifus, New York Times)
The use of technology can lead to estrangement from others and ourselves.
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04, 2017
Sense, emotion, and scientific discovery (Lewis Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly)
How experience fosters discovery of all kinds, as well as a deeper reading of history and literature
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04, 2017
Painting, nature, and science
Why painting is more truth-seeking than philosophy and physics
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04, 2017
Elon Musk and the Present Future of A.I. (Maureen Dowd, Vanity Fair)
Will artificial intelligence enhance or imperil our humanity?
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04, 2017
Memory and memorial
What lasts is not just what we make.
4
04, 2017
Death has no answer
A dialogue about life extension and limits, beyond biology and scholarship.