193 | Daniels on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Every time we make an important decision, it’s hard not to wonder how things would have turned out had we […]
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AMA | April 2022
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192 | Nicole Yunger Halpern on Steampunk Quantum Thermodynamics
Randomness and probability are central to modern physics. In statistical mechanics this is because we don’t know everything about the
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191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future
The future grows out of the present, but it manages to consistently surprise us. How can we get better at
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190 | Lea Goentoro on Regrowing Limbs
Biological organisms are pretty good at healing themselves, but their abilities fall short in crucial ways. Planaria can be cut
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189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption
All societies grant more power to some citizens, and there is always a temptation to use that power for the
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AMA | March 2022
Welcome to the March 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who
188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like
If extraterrestrial life is out there — not just microbial slime, but big, complex, macroscopic organisms — what will they
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187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters
photo by Hilary Wardhaugh We’re pretty well-calibrated when it comes to dealing with common, everyday-level setbacks. But our brains aren’t
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186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity
Advances in technology have gradually been extending the human self beyond its biological extent, as we augment who we are
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