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Why Religion is Outdated in the 21st Century – Lawrence Krauss
A collection of clips of Lawrence M. Krauss speaking about why religion is outdated in the 21st century at the World Economic Forum in 2013.
Waking Up with Sam Harris-Sacred & Profane (with Bill Maher and Larry Charles)
In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris gets together with Bill Maher and Larry Charles to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their film “Religulous.” They discuss religion, politics, comedy, and other dangerous topics. Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can...
Simon Sinek in conversation with Reggie Yates-penguin talks
With Start With Why, Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. Now, along with two of his colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead,...
Yuval Harari & Russell Brand in conversation-Penguin Talks
Penguin Talks is a new series of free creative events which gives young people the opportunity to hear directly from, and question, some of our most influential authors. This inaugural Penguin Talk features global bestselling author Professor Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with comedian Russell Brand. At a...
The Truth Behind the Pentium Bug-Tom R. Halfhill –some random technical pick
An error in a lookup table created the infamous bug in Intel’s latest processor Anyone who doesn’t rely on a computer or an accountant to handle their income taxes is all too familiar with the final ritual of paging through the tax table in the back of...
The Edge of Humanity -Waking Up with Sam Harris & with Yuval Noah Harari
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without...
It’ll Be Harder Than We Thought to Get the Carbon Out.”Vaclav Smil
While it is easy to extoll—and to exaggerate—the seductive promise of the new, its coming will be a complicated, gradual, and lengthy process constrained by many realities.Vaclav Smil When a bright new idea comes along, it’s easy to imagine a fantastic future for it. Perhaps the best example of...
Tape Storage Mounts a Comeback.”IEEE spectrum
Disk drives are reaching their limits, but magnetic tape just gets better and better By Mark Lantz It should come as no surprise that recent advances in big-data analytics and artificial intelligence have created strong incentives for enterprises to amass information about every measurable aspect of their businesses. And financial...
