Curiosity Retreats 2015 Lectures (2015)
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Top thinkers and scientists speak to today's global concerns.
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Chasing Quantum Realities
Jan 01, 2015
What does quantum mechanics tell us about our world -- or are there many worlds due to probability waves? How does the general theory of relativity m...
Episode 2: Our Declaration
Jan 01, 2015
You may think you know who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what it says -- but do you really? Political theorist Danielle Allen looks at th...
Episode 3: The Art Of Discovery
Jan 01, 2015
It is hard to imagine a sky without an airplane in it. But David McCullough takes us back to the first days of aviation. We learn about the Wright B...
Episode 4: Digital Transcendence
Jan 01, 2015
Jason Silva is a positive futurist who wants us to be excited about "the adjacent possible" and the ways we need to embrace the coming techn...
Episode 5: Conscious Capitalism
Jan 01, 2015
How has Capitalism affected the world? Raj Sisodia, economic analyst, takes us back to pre-Industrial Revolution to show how our standard of living ...
Episode 6: The Creator Economy
Jan 01, 2015
Paul Saffo looks at the development of the US economy through the 20th and into the 21st century. What are the trends that have shaped the economy? H...
Episode 7: The Creative Brain
Jan 01, 2015
How does the creative brain work? Nancy Andreasen, neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist, has spent her life studying the relationship between brain ...
Episode 8: The Human Face Of Big Data
Jan 01, 2015
In the 21st century devices create more data than humans do. Rick Smolan, author of The Human Face of Big Data, shows the positive force of the colle...
Episode 9: Wonders Of The Ocean
Jan 01, 2015
Sylvia Earle, marine biologist and author, discusses the need to preserve and protect the amazing global eco-system of the oceans.
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