AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?
Today's AI runs on neural networks, a design originally inspired by the human brain. As these systems grow more sophisticated, they're raising a profound question: Even if they don't work exactly like...
18 Sep 20251h 22min
Best Of: Jonathan Haidt on What Social Media Is Doing to Our Kids
It’s rare these days for a book to go viral, but that’s exactly what happened with The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haid...
11 Sep 20251h 24min
ARTHUR C. BROOKS: Success Won’t Make You Happy — Here’s What Will
Arthur C. Brooks is an unlikely happiness guru. He’s not a psychologist, philosopher, or mystic. He’s an economist and public policy analyst who, for years, ran a prominent think tank. But rubbing s...
4 Sep 20251h 20min
THE FUTURE OF WRITING: A Conversation with Ethan Mollick and Steven Johnson
What if, thanks to AI, you can now research and write a book two, three, or even four times faster? For authors and AI pioneers Steven Johnson (Editorial Director, NotebookLM and Google Labs) and Etha...
28 Aug 202554min
Best Of: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back
On a June night several years ago, Sebastian Junger, bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, lay on an operating table, dying. An undiagnos...
21 Aug 20251h 3min
INTUITION: The Science of Trusting Your Gut
We all have eureka moments, sudden bursts of certainty that seem to come out of nowhere. What if you could summon that feeling on command? Laura Huang, a business school professor, has been studying t...
14 Aug 202558min
Can Rogue Archeologists Bring the Past Back to Life?
We have a pretty good idea what ancient civilizations looked like. But what did they taste, smell, and feel like? 📕 Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean 📱 Sign up for Next Big Idea Club+ on Apple Podc...
7 Aug 202547min
WHAT WE VALUE: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Making Better Choices
All day long, your brain makes subconscious value calculations. It looks at every decision and asks, "What is going to be most rewarding for me right this very minute?" That creates a gap, doesn't it?...
31 Jul 20251h 8min
