Ian Bremmer, the president and founder of the Eurasia Group, joins Professor Scott Galloway to discuss what he believes are the year’s top geopolitical risks. These include the United States vs. itself, the Middle East on the brink, and the war in Ukraine on a …
What makes conspiracy theories so appealing? Why don’t humans always use wealth and technology in ways that benefit humanity? And why is the ‘New Right’ turning on conservative traditions? Watch MSNBC’s Ari Melber speaking with ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Noah Harari about a huge array of …
The Pale Blue Dot The following excerpt from Carl Sagan’s book Pale Blue Dot was inspired by an image taken, at Sagan’s suggestion, by Voyager 1 on 14 February 1990. As the spacecraft was departing our planetary neighborhood for the fringes of the solar system, it turned …
Walter Isaacson The author of Musk’s latest biography reveals in an extensive conversation the most insightful points of his work, sometimes contrasting Musk with the subject of his other masterful biography: Steve Jobs. A great conversation on The Diary of a CEO. 0:00 Intro 3:22 …
Jamie Dimon’s leadership of JPMorgan Chase has often brought a sense of stability to roiling financial markets. But when he looks at the conflicts in Gaza ( which he considers the highest and most important thing for the Western world), Ukraine, and elsewhere, combined with inflation and rising interest rates at home, he sees ominous …
New York Times Events The tech billionaire Elon Musk has come to define innovation, but he can also be a lightning rod for controversy; he recently endorsed antisemitic remarks on X, formerly known as Twitter, which prompted companies to pull their advertising. In his interview, …
With birth rates falling, the worldwide human population is getting older and smaller. According to traditional thinking, this spells a future of labor shortages, bankrupt social security systems, and overall economic collapse. Before you panic about the end of life as we know it, political …
John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at the University of Chicago. He is one of the world’s most influential and controversial thinkers on the topics of war and power. OUTLINE: 1:29 – Power 24:43 – Hitler 42:09 – Russia and Ukraine 1:38:22 – Israel …
In this lecture, Steven Pinker, renowned linguist and Harvard Psychology Professor, discusses linguistics as a window to understanding the human brain. How is it that human beings have come to acquire language? Steven Pinker’s introduction to the field includes thoughts on the evolution of spoken …
Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, joins us to discuss the historical and political context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this conversation, Bremmer and our editor-in-chief, Robert Chapman-Smith, explore the current dynamics between Israel and Palestine, particularly during Israeli Prime Minister …