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Throughout his career, Paul Romer has enjoyed sampling and sifting through an ever-growing body of k
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The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father’s profession, first studying architecture
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In this special episode, Rob Wiblin of 80,000 Hours has the super-sized conversation he wants to hav
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Michele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-rele
Claire Lehmann is the founding editor of Quillette, an online magazine dedicated to free thought and
Michael Pollan has long been fascinated by nature and the ways we connect and clash with it, with de
