James Gleick is a science writer with a particular interest in the cultural impact of technology. He's written a number of best-selling books, including "The Information," "Faster," and "Chaos." And Gleick's just come out with a mind-bending book called "Time Travel: A History."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Is science really open to every good idea? Controversial biologist Rupert Sheldrake says modern science is mired in various dogmas - boundaries you're not supposed to cross, at least if you value your job and your reputation.
So your future self’s woken up at home on this weekday in 2055. Time for work, right? But what kind of work? With America’s old industries sagging, what kind of jobs will we do? Here's MIT management professor, Erik Brynjolfsson.
Sarah Bakewell is the author of “How to Live” an unorthodox biography of the great French philosopher and essayist Montaigne.
Todd Robbins, “The Coney Island Wonder Worker,” talks with Anne Strainchamps about how he learned how to safely swallow swords and walk on hot coals.
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born philosopher who travels throughout the Islamic world trying to build bridges between European Muslim and conservative clerics.
Steven Kotler spurned religion until he came down with Lyme Disease and spent three years on the couch. Then a friend took him surfing and he began to get better. Surfing became his religion.
Sherman Alexie is a one-man culture industry. He's also pretty much a rock star guest. Steve Paulson and Veronica Rueckert look back on his first interview with TTBOOK.
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