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EdgeCast

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"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."
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Episodes

Kevin Kelly - The Technium [2.3.14]

KEVIN KELLY is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until January 1999. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular Cool Tools, True Film, and Street Use websites. His most recent books are Cool Tools , and What Technology Wants . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/kevin_kelly-the-technium...

Feb 03, 20141 hr 11 min

HeadCon '13 - Laurie Santos - What Makes Humans Unique?

LAURIE SANTOS is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/laurie-santos-what-makes-humans-unique-headcon-13-part-vii

Jan 23, 201420 min

HeadCon '13 - Joshua Greene - The Role of Brain Imaging in Social Science

JOSHUA GREENE is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Author, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, And The Gap Between Us And Them . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/joshua-greene-the-role-of-brain-imaging-in-social-science-headcon-13-part-vi...

Dec 16, 201317 min

HeadCon '13 - Nicholas Christakis - The Science of Social Connections [12.9.13]

NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS is a Physician and Social Scientist; Director, The Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Coauthor, Connected: The Surprising Power Of Our Social Networks And How They Shape Our Lives . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/nicholas-christakis-the-science-of-social-connections-headcon-13-part-v...

Dec 09, 201322 min

HeadCon '13 - Sendhil Mullainathan - What Big Data Means For Social Science [11.11.13]

SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN is Professor of Economics, Harvard; Assistant Director for Research, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Treasury Department (2011-2013); Coauthor, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/panel/sendhil-mullainathan-what-big-data-means-for-social-science-headcon-13-part-i...

Nov 11, 201330 min

Joshua Greene - Deep Pragmatism [8.30.13]

JOSHUA D. GREENE is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decision-making. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between U...

Aug 30, 201328 min

Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part II [6.6.13]

NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument...

Jun 06, 201334 min

Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part I [6.6.13]

NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument...

Jun 06, 201359 min

Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part I Discussion [6.6.13]

NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument...

Jun 06, 201330 min

Napoleon Chagnon - Blood Is Their Argument Part II Discussion [6.6.13]

NAPOLEON CHAGNON is a renowned anthropologist who is most widely recognized for his study of the Yanomamö tribes in the Amazon. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri; Author, Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes—the Yanomamö and the Anthropologists . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/napoleon-chagnon-blood-is-their-argument...

Jun 06, 201321 min

Lee Smolin - Think About Nature

LEE SMOLIN is a founding and senior faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. He is also Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Waterloo and is a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto. He is the author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/lee_smolin-think-about-nature...

May 14, 201358 min

Adam Alter - Disfluency [2.25.13]

ADAM ALTER is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Stern School of Business, NYU. He is the author of Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave . The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/adam_alter-disfluency

Feb 25, 201334 min
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