Culture & Religion — May 20, 2009

Tomorrow At Big Think: Wired Editor Frank Rose

Wired editor Frank Rose comes to Big Think tomorrow to discuss the changing landscape of media, entertainment and advertising. Post your questions for him here.

With over 30 years in the magazine industry, Rose is a highly respected voice in New York and beyond. Before coming to Wired in 1999, Rose wrote and edited at Fortune, Travel and Leisure and Premiere.

His books include The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business;West of Eden: The End of Innocence at Apple Computer; andInto the Heart of the Mind: An American Quest for Artificial Intelligence. His forthcoming book, Welcome To The Hyperdrome,considers narrative in the internet age.

Follow Rose on Twitter and read his published articles at his website.

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

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If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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