In this EXTENDED interview, Steve Paulson talks about his stacks of books, hunger for knowledge. He also explores the difference between data, information, knowledge and... wisdom!
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Tom Bollestorff is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and author of "Coming of Age in Second Life."
From The Sopranos and Friday Night Lights to The Wire and Breaking Bad, we're living through a TV revolution. TV critic Alan Sepinwall gives the backstory of this explosion of great shows.
To read Alan Sepinwall's blog, click here.
Russell Shorto is the author of "Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason."
Shulem Deen was a Skverer— a member of one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the U.S. Then he got curious about secular life and the world outside his small village in Rockland County, NY. The community branded him a heretic and expelled him. And his wife and five children renounced him.
Music historian Will Friedwald is the author of “Stardust Melodies.” He talks with Steve Paulson about the history of the song “My Funny Valentine” and we hear lots of different interpretations.
Thomas Friedman says the US is falling behind on the global stage.
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