The Gene: Unlocking the Human Code, with Siddhartha Mukherjee
Genetics has revolutionised not just how we think of biology but how we think of ourselves. We are, in the words of one geneticist, the first organism that has ‘learned to read its own instructions’. ...
7 Okt 20161h 3min
Karl Marx Was Right
We can’t say Karl Marx didn’t warn us: capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction. In their chase for ever higher profits, the capitalists shed workers for machines. The higher return on cap...
30 Sep 20161h 2min
The End of Antibiotics?
This panel discussion took place at the New York Academy of Sciences in September 2016 and was produced by Intelligence Squared, in partnership with the World Health Organisation and the Wellcome Trus...
23 Sep 20161h 11min
Yuval Noah Harari on the Myths we Need to Survive
Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of the past, fabrications that early humans needed to believe in because their understanding of the world was so meagre. But what if modern civilisation were it...
19 Sep 20161h 4min
David Eagleman on the Science of De- (and Re-) Humanisation (and Why it Matters)
Which side were you on? The Jets or the Sharks? The Capulets or the Montagues? The Greeks or the Trojans? Antony or Caesar? William or Harold? And so the list goes on ... Indeed, maybe the whole of hu...
16 Sep 20161h 3min
Yuval Noah Harari on the Rise of Homo Deus
“Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past… It will not tell us what to choose, but at least it gives us more options.” – Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari is the star historian who shot ...
9 Sep 20161h 3min
Museums are Bad at Telling us Why Art Matters
Museums are our new churches, as is commonly agreed. Millions of people flock to them to be uplifted, inspired, or distracted from everyday cares for an hour or two by encountering magnificent art. Bu...
2 Sep 20161h 1min
P J O'Rourke: The Funniest Man in America
P.J. O'Rourke is America's premier political satirist and has more citations in 'The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations' than any other living writer. In this live appearance for Intelligence S...
10 Aug 20161h 2min
