Edward Castronova talks to Jim Fleming about M.M.O.R.P.G.'s, "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Like a lot of great innovators, Ida Tin wanted something that didn’t exist, so, she built it. It’s a period tracking app called Clue, and the more you tell it—about your mood and your cycle—the more it can tell you about your reproductive health. On the surface, Clue is a tool for individuals to track menstruation. But Ida's real goal is nothing short of transforming women's health around the world. She’s part of a new wave of renegade thinkers who believe that everyday data can give everyday people more power over their lives.
Editor Chris Kubica talks about his project, “Letters to J.D. Salinger.” Kubica asked dozens of authors to sound off to Salinger by writing him letters - even if Salinger will never read them.
With more than a billion Muslims in the world, many of whom supposedly hate the U.S., why haven't there been more terrorist attacks? Charles Kurzman says the important story about Muslim terrorism is how little of it there is.
Cultural critic Cintra Wilson thinks American’s fascination with fame is a grotesque, crippling disease. She tears into it in her book “A Massive Swelling.”
Commentator Aubrey Ralph is bipolar, and says he has been living in a storm for most of his life...
Ben Folds is a singer/songwriter from North Carolina who recently joined forces with Nick Hornby, the critically-acclaimed novelist from England.
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