Pedro Domingos joins us to talk about the potential of an ultimate algorithm – one capable of teaching itself and possibly changing the world.
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From Us And Them To We
David Berreby joins us to talk about how scientists are studying the way tribalism works in the brain.
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Scrolling For Happiness
Washington University in St. Louis psychologist Tim Bono joins us to talk about how social media plays on our emotions.
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The Evolutionary Quest For Equilibrium
Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio joins us to talk about how our natural desire for what’s known as “homeostasis”connects us to even the earliest living organisms.
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The Science Of Planning Your Life
Daniel Pink joins us to talk about how we can use data to better plan our lives.
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Data And Discrimination
University of Southern California assistant professor Safiya Umoja Noble joins us to talk about how data can discriminate.
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High Tech Versus Low Tech: Options For The Border
Luis Torres joins us to talk about new technology that could soon play a role in border security.
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How Social Media Manipulates Public Thinking
Erica Ciszek joins us to talk about how special interest groups are increasingly using social media to influence and confuse public discourse.
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SpaceX And Beyond
We talk with Jason Davis about the impact Elon Musk and others are having on space exploration.
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Seismic Shift: How An Earthquake Inspired An Engineer
Menzer Pehlivan joins us to talk about how she and her fellow engineers are creating a better world; the subject of the documentary “Dream Big 3D.”
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Stopping Child Abuse Before It’s Too Late
Naomi Schaefer Riley joins us to talk about how we can better harness statistical information to help make the difficult decision to remove children from their parents’ homes.
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Hooked: Understanding Addiction
This hour on Think, we explore the topic of addiction with a former heroin addict, a historian who writes about America’s relationship with alcohol and a neuroscientist who studies the brains of addicts.
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