Co-Founder of The Free Press reports on the Culture Wars (Nellie Bowles)
As a Hillary voter, a New York Times reporter, and frequent attendee at her local gay bars, Nellie Bowles fit right in with her San Francisco neighbors and friends—until she started questioning whethe...
14 Touko 20241h 34min
The Latest Research on Consciousness (Christof Koch)
In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of conscious...
11 Touko 20241h 14min
Everything is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
At its simplest, Bayes's theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays ou...
7 Touko 20241h 36min
The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is ...
4 Touko 20241h 31min
The Science of Happines
We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we're too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives. ...
30 Huhti 20241h 48min
How Rhetoric Shapes Your Opinions
Robin Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on how politicians, journalists, and "journalists" convince us to believe what we believe—and to talk, vote, and act...
27 Huhti 20241h 11min
Accomplishment and Happiness (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker)
We push ourselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. As Adam Gopnik points out, the result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no wa...
23 Huhti 20241h 23min
Should We Prepare for Nuclear War? (Annie Jacobsen)
Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen investigated this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, been privy t...
20 Huhti 20241h 14min
