Politics & Policy
Ousman Umar: Ghana to Europe Journey at 12
Ousman Umar is a shaman’s son, born in a small village in Ghana, and his mother died giving birth to him. The traditions of the Wala tribe dictate that this means the…
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Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Johann Hari on the Global Attention Crisis
Our attention is collapsing. In the US, college students are only able to focus on a task for 65 seconds…. And office workers can manage just 3 minutes. Our inability to focus…
Politics & Policy
Humanity: 8 Billion and Counting with Dr. Jennifer Sciubba
In late 2022 or 2023, the 8th billionth person will be born on Earth. Yet as history has shown, the thinning of valuable resources necessary for sustaining not only life, but a…
Business & Economics
Glenn Hubbard on Building Prosperous Economies
Glenn Hubbard is the Dean Emeritus of Columbia Business School and former Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. In The Wall and the Bridge, Hubbard proves that walls never lead…
Politics & Policy
Beth Simone Noveck on Solving Public Problems
The challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday’s toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data,…
Business & Economics
Noise and Human Judgement – Kahneman & Sunstein
In Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement, Nobel Prize Winner, Daniel Kahneman together with co-authors Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise helps produce errors in many fields, including medicine,…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Ece Temelkuran on Choices for a Better World
In 2020 protest movements across the world revealed the inequalities sewn into the fabric of society. The wildfires that ravaged Australia and California made it clear we are in the middle of…
Business & Economics
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies: Nobel Economist
In 2008, during the turbulence of a global financial crisis, a person (or group) called Satoshi Nakamoto released a white-paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. The principle was simple but…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts
Gad Saad on Parasitic Ideas and Truth
Dr. Gad Saad is a remarkable public intellectual. Alongside hosting the Saad Truth (his hugely popular YouTube show) he is Professor of Marketing at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), and former holder of…
Business & Economics
David Miliband on Humanitarian Crisis Leadership
David Miliband is President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where he oversees the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than 40 war-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance…
Business & Economics
Jacqueline Novogratz: Acumen’s Impact on Social Enterprise
Jacqueline Novogratz has made a remarkable impact on our world. Her work began in 1986 when she quit her job on Wall Street to co-found Rwanda’s first microfinance institution, Duterimbere. In 2001,…
Business & Economics
The Ethics of Technology: Prof. Martin E. Hellman
Martin E. Hellman is a remarkable man. He is perhaps best known for his invention, with Diffie and Merkle, of public key cryptography- the technology which (amongst other uses) enables secure internet…