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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."

  1. Daniel Kahneman - Adversarial Collaboration

    02/24/2022

    Daniel Kahneman - Adversarial Collaboration

    DANIEL KAHNEMAN (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/daniel_kahneman) is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton University, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, and co-author (with Cass R. Sunstein and Olivier Sibony) of Noise. He is the winner of the 2013 Presidential Medal of Honor, and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_kahneman-adversarial-collaboration

    33 min
  2. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow: Positive Human Behavior

    11/15/2021

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow: Positive Human Behavior

    MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi) (1934-2021) (pronounced "chick-SENT-me high") was a Hungarian-born polymath who recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow," a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He was Distinguished Professor of Management at Claremont Graduate University and the former head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago and of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Lake Forest College. His research and theories in the psychology of optimal experience have revolutionized psychology and have been adopted in practice by national leaders such as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair as well as top members of the global executive elite who run the world's major corporations. Csikszentmihalyi is the author of several popular books about his theories, including the bestselling Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience; The Evolving Self: A Psychology for The Third Millennium; Creativity; and Finding Flow. The Wall Street Journal has listed Flow among the six books "every well-stocked business library should have." The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi-flow

    40 min
  3. Larry Brilliant - A Very Bumpy Ride

    12/07/2020

    Larry Brilliant - A Very Bumpy Ride

    Epidemiologist and pandemic expert LARRY BRILLIANT, MD, (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/larry_brilliant_md) is on the Advisory Board for Ending Pandemics. He is also on the board of the Skoll Foundation and was the founding executive director of Google's non-profit organization. Dr. Brilliant lived in India for more than a decade while working as a United Nations medical officer, where, in 1971, he helped run the successful World Health Organization (WHO) smallpox eradication program in South Asia. He also worked for the WHO polio eradication effort and Chaired the National Bio-Surveillance Advisory Subcommittee, created by President George W. Bush. He has won the TED Prize, TIME 100, and many honorary doctorates and is the author of Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventures of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/larry_brilliant-bumpy-ride

    1h 33m
  4. David Kaiser - The Shifting Terrain of Scientific Inquiry

    07/13/2020

    David Kaiser - The Shifting Terrain of Scientific Inquiry

    DAVID KAISER (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/david_kaiser) is the Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and professor of physics at MIT. He is the author, most recently, of Quantum Legacies. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/david_kaiser-the-shifting-terrain-of-scientific-inquiry

    35 min
  5. Ainissa Ramirez - Interrogating and Shaping the World Through Science

    06/25/2020

    Ainissa Ramirez - Interrogating and Shaping the World Through Science

    AINISSA RAMIREZ (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/ainissa_ramirez) is a materials scientist and science communicator. She is the author, most recently, of The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/ainissa_ramirez-interrogating-and-shaping-the-world-through-science

    30 min
  6. Stephen Wolfram - Computation All the Way Down

    06/19/2020

    Stephen Wolfram - Computation All the Way Down

    STEPHEN WOLFRAM (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/stephen_wolfram) is a scientist, inventor, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. He is the creator of the symbolic computation program Mathematica and its programming language, Wolfram Language, as well as the knowledge engine Wolfram|Alpha. His most recent endeavor is The Wolfram Physics Project. He is also the author, most recently, of A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/stephen_wolfram-computation-all-the-way-down

    1h 10m
  7. Laurence C. Smith - How Humans Make the Earth Their Home

    06/12/2020

    Laurence C. Smith - How Humans Make the Earth Their Home

    LAURENCE C. SMITH (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/laurence_c_smith) is the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. He is the author, most recently, of Rivers of Power. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/laurencecsmith-how-humans-make-the-earth-their-home

    57 min
  8. Toby Ord - We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves Without the Wisdom to Ensure That We Don't

    04/06/2020

    Toby Ord - We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves Without the Wisdom to Ensure That We Don't

    TOBY ORD (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/toby_ord) is a senior research fellow in philosophy at Oxford University and author of The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. _The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/tobyord-we-have-the-power-to-destroy-ourselves-without-the-wisdom-to-ensure-that-we

    1 hr
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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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    Edge Foundation, Inc.
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    138
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