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So one of my other major interests is this computational problem called genome assembly.  So the genome again is this large molecule, but the way we can sequence it are […]

I think that most creative people tend to not want to lead because they are always against The Man, and when they become The Man it’s quite awkward.  People who […]

It’s interesting to think about why people confuse models with theories.  I think probably there are two reasons. One is the incredible effectiveness of mathematical theories in the physical and […]

It would be an extremely interesting ACLU Board of Directors meeting talking about at what point a machine would have enough attributes in common with people. 

Some parents need to confront the fact that their children are not normal and that they are not normal parents either.

The bad guy is often the easiest role to play, because they are often the best written. The screenwriter can have fun and indulge while the good guys react most […]

One of the things that we find to be such an important element of many of the rituals and practices that people do as part of their religious traditions is […]

Art and science are really not that different in their objective. Just they’re different in the way they approach it.

Religion was actually the most interesting chapter of the book that I wrote.  And that was because I started out with a premise that as we can live longer and […]

Should water be treated as a commodity today when we are faced with many shortages? The flipside of the question is that we are now looking at even the United […]

We do at this point in time need a new Einstein.  The one thing that Einstein did, which is so powerful and important in the history of physics is with […]

While there is a chance that many of the scientific innovations that have been forecast will come true, even within our lifetime, we still can’t count on them. We have […]

Social psychology has demonstrated that the more people think you don’t have free will, the worse they behave.

Datafication refers to the fact that daily interactions of living things can be rendered into a data format and put to social use.

The future won’t be easier, simpler, or less uncertain than what we’re living in today. The only way to unlock the solutions to that wild terrain we’re walking into is […]

Instead of outsourcing innovation overseas we need to create a talent funnel here in the United States. If we don’t act, “we’re gonna be faced with significant challenges as a […]

The idea that a painting is not complete until the viewer responds to it was conceived of by Alois Riegl. He determined that as art evolved, you see there’s a […]

Web 3.0 is emerging faster than Web 1 to Web 2 because of processing power, bandwidth and storage creating a curve of exponential change. And what is Web 4.0? You […]

We spend 80 million hours a day watching videos on YouTube, and we would certainly like to have a few of those hours back. That is, of course, if we are […]

Experiments on animal cognition have found that intelligence is more dynamic than we once thought and that animals may be far more clever than we have historically given them credit for.

More than ten years after the publication of his groundbreaking work of urban theory, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” Richard Florida is sticking to his assertion that the rising […]

Find those who love to help, and let them help.

Parents hate to hear it when Madeline Levine tells them, “You know, most of your kids are average.” But the reality is, most of us are average, too.

Penn Jillette says that despite Donald Trump’s apparent craziness, the real estate mogul’s move into entertainment is a good role for him in our culture.

As CEO of Procter & Gamble, A.G. Lafley says he turned the organizational chart upside down, putting himself at the bottom and the customer at the top.

The ban is the result of a lawsuit filed by publishers who say textbook portions were illegally copied. Last week, a letter signed by over 300 academics asked them to drop the case.

Dr. Eric Kandel describes the “aha phenomenon” and speculates on ways that humans and groups can think more creatively.

Daniel Altman explores the economic ideas behind Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to limit the sale of large sugary beverages.

If Yahoo employees are not being as productive as they should be, that is a management issue, not a problem inherent with felxible work schedules.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: I’m almost embarrassed for my species that you can be so blind to everything experts have been telling you and you got to wait for people to […]