Brian Smith tells Jim about his family’s “Recycled Christmas.” None of the gifts could be new, and the only gift wrap allowed was old newspaper. He says that Christmas was one of his best ever.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman is fascinated by the way memory shapes our sense of self. In this EXTENDED interview, he says our memories can be quite different from what we actually experience.
No matter what genre you’re writing for, adding a cello can increase the melancholy.
Corey Powell tells Jim Fleming that science has become the only truly functioning religion.
Brain sciences are overturning centuries of old thinking about human nature.
David Kilcullen, an advisor to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and an architect of the Troop Surge in Iraq under General Petraeus, talks about the problem with traditional counter-insurgency efforts.
Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker of documentaries.
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