Almost a decade ago, Tom Nichols warned that Americans were losing respect for expertise. He didn’t expect things to get this bad. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean talks with Nichols about his 2017 book “The Death of Expertise” and what’s happened since: why people don’t just distrust experts but […]
Sean talks with writer David Epstein about why unlimited freedom and endless choice often make us less creative, less focused, and less fulfilled. They discuss the hidden power of constraints, the psychology of attention, why humans struggle with too many options, and how useful limits can help us do better […]
College was supposed to be a ticket to a better life. A degree meant a good job, a decent salary, and a brighter future. That promise is breaking down. For many graduates, a college degree no longer guarantees economic security or upward mobility. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In today’s […]
Peter Thiel and Alex Karp’s Palantir Technologies is one of the most powerful and mysterious tech companies in Silicon Valley. Its namesake is also one of the most powerful and mysterious magical objects in the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy series The Lord of the Rings. The palantiri of […]
“Progressive” and “affordability” are trendy political buzzwords today, but for most Americans, they feel more like abstract concepts rather than lived realities. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is trying to change that by launching a 10-point “Affordability Agenda.” Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) joins America, Actually this week to discuss his caucus’s […]
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal the Net Neutrality protections it adopted in 2015. Here’s what that means for the future of the internet. Read more: http://bit.ly/2j48UfT Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really […]
Current AI is impressive, but it’s not intelligent. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sources: https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-artificial-intelligence-can-and-cant-do-right-now https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digital-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-future-that-works https://www.amazon.com/Master-Algorithm-Ultimate-Learning-Machine/dp/0465065708 https://ai100.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/ai_100_report_0831fnl.pdf https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/blog/business-focus-artificial-intelligence-rising-2/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.368.2254&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/publis/pdf/jackel-95.pdf https://www.recode.net/2016/5/4/11634228/learning-about-deep-learning https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12158238/first-click-deep-learning-algorithmic-black-boxes https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15124466/ai-photo-style-transfer-deep-neural-nets-adobe https://www.techspot.com/news/71935-convolutional-neural-networks-used-fight-lung-cancer.html https://openreview.net/pdf?id=BkjLkSqxg https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016/08/computers-trounce-pathologists-in-predicting-lung-cancer-severity.html https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.06647.pdf https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/12/15271874/ai-adversarial-images-fooling-attacks-artificial-intelligence https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/06/an-ai-wrote-this-movie-and-its-strangely-moving/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2017/12/ai-video-understanding/ https://hbr.org/cover-story/2017/07/the-business-of-artificial-intelligence https://rodneybrooks.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-predicting-the-future-of-ai/ Something incredible has taken place in the past 5 years: a revolution in artificial intelligence. After decades […]
Rats are grosser than we thought, but it’s not their fault. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO It’s estimated that there are over 2 million rats in New York City alone. They often carry infectious diseases like E. Coli and Salmonella and gnaw on infrastructure, causing billions of dollars in damage […]
Five experts discuss what a war on the Korean peninsula would look like, how close we are to conflict, and the terrifying consequences. Read about the implications of war with North Korea on Vox.com: http://bit.ly/2nNK2ei With tensions between the US and North Korea escalating, we asked a group of experts […]
How the ‘dumbest news show’ on TV influences the White House Fox & Friends has spent years being a fever swamp of conspiracy theories, right-wing propaganda, smear campaigns, and general absurdity. Now, it’s President Trump’s favorite show, with the power to hijack the news cycle for days at a time. […]
