LONGTERMISM: Why You Should Care About Future People
If the human race lasts as long as a typical mammalian species and our population continues at its current size, then there are 80 trillion people yet to come. Oxford philosophy professor William MacA...
13 Okt 20221h 15min
QUIT: Why You Have to Give Up if You Want to Get Ahead
In her new book, “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away,” Annie Duke says mastering the art of quitting is the key to making smart decisions. --- Download the Next Big Idea app today at nextbig...
6 Okt 20221h 7min
PUZZLES: What Crosswords, Riddles, and Wordle Can Teach You About the Meaning of Life
For the last 25 years, writer A.J. Jacobs has attempted to live his life as a human guinea pig. “I’ve engaged in a series of experiments on my mind and body,” he says, “some of which have been fruitfu...
29 Sep 202252min
BUILD: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Making Cool Stuff
Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Learning Thermostat. In his new book, “Build,” he shares everything he’s learned about building great companies and game-changing prod...
22 Sep 20221h 6min
SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: How Tech Billionaires Are Preparing for Doomsday
Have you ever found yourself sitting around a table at a luxury resort with five mega-rich strangers who want to know where you think they should build their doomsday bunkers? Absurd as it may sound, ...
15 Sep 20221h 2min
HAPPINESS: Arthur C. Brooks Shares His Roadmap for Finding Purpose, Meaning, and Success
Arthur C. Brooks used to run a prominent think tank where he was paid handsomely to influence public policy. Did all that success make him happy? Nope. So Arthur quit his job and set out to transform ...
8 Sep 20221h 9min
DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI (from The TED Interview)
Demis Hassabis is one of tech's most brilliant minds. A chess-playing child prodigy turned researcher and founder of headline-making AI company DeepMind, Demis is thinking through some of the most rev...
1 Sep 202252min
Summer Getaway #4: The Making of ‘Bull Durham’ (with Ron Shelton)
Ron Shelton is an Academy Award–nominated writer and director, former shortstop for the Bluefield Baby Birds, and author of a humdinger of a new memoir called "The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bu...
26 Aug 202231min
