Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jim Gaffigan is an actor and standup comedian, who makes extensive use of his "inner voice."
Environmentalist Jennifer Jacquet qrecommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
Michael Piechowski talks about the intensity with which gifted children experience their lives.
Paleo-anthropologist John Hawks talks about how we continue to evolve--changes that can be seen in the bones of modern humans.
Japanese comics, manga, and animation, anime, are among Japan's most popular cultural exports. Fred Schodt is the guy to talk to about Japan's contemporary graphic arts explosion. He talks about the "God of Manga," Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy.
David Gessner's Dangerous Idea? Modern monkeywrenching that won't be perceived as "terrorism."
Marcus Chown is agog at the wonder of the universe and tells Anne Strainchamps that we haven't begun to understand the strangeness of it all.
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