READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?
Maryanne Wolf is a professor at UCLA and the renowned author of "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" and "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World." She sa...
16 Mar 202347min
David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)
Last year, Rufus sat down with philosopher David Chalmers to talk about the allure of virtual reality, whether robots will ever achieve consciousness, and the likelihood that we’re living in a simulat...
9 Mar 20231h 41min
Is AI Moving Too Fast? A Conversation With Kevin Roose
When Kevin Roose, a tech columnist at the New York Times, demoed an AI-powered version of Microsoft's search engine last month, he was blown away. "I'm switching my desktop computer's default search e...
2 Mar 20231h 6min
LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death
Life without death, says philosopher Dean Rickles, is like playing tennis without a net. In his new book, “Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful,” Dean challenges us...
23 Feb 202358min
MUSIC: What the Songs You Love Say About You
In this special episode, Susan Rogers, a record producer turned cognitive neuroscientist, and Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music,” get together to discuss what music has meant in t...
16 Feb 202353min
AI: The Origin Story
Imagine a world where AI is everywhere — where self-driving cars roam the streets and chatbots can do your homework. Oh, wait. That world already exists. This is exciting news for some. For others, it...
9 Feb 20231h 12min
Not Finished Is Not Failure (from The Next Big Idea Daily)
Doing is more important than being done. That’s the provocative argument at the heart of a new book by artist and entrepreneur Becky Blades, “Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip...
6 Feb 202311min
CELLS: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Breakthroughs That Are Revolutionizing Medicine
Siddhartha Mukherjee is an oncologist, professor, researcher, and biotech entrepreneur. He’s also a writer, and a fine one at that. His first book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,...
2 Feb 202358min
