Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

Fred Krupp: Eco-Innovation

Fred Krupp will be speaking on the topic, “How Innovators Can Win the Race for the Future: The Climate Challenge.”

Fred Krupp is a pioneer in the use of market forces to attain ambitious environmental goals. His achievements run from strengthening the Clean Air Act to making the biggest corporate buyout in history (Texas utility TXU), contingent on climate action. He has advised presidents and partnered with DuPont, FedEx, GE, McDonald’s and Wal-Mart. His optimistic book, Earth: The Sequel – The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, has recently been named one of Fast Company’s “Best Business Books of 2008.”

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.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

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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7 min

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

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