EXTRA LIFE: We Doubled Life Expectancy in the Last Century. Can We Do It Again?

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The Case for AI Optimism with Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

Nearly half of all Americans believe AI is bad for humanity. Peter Diamandis is not one of them. On his podcast, Moonshots, and in his new book, We Are as Gods, co-written with the inimitable Steven Kotler, he makes the case that artificial intelligence is already ushering in a w ...  Show more

Best Of: The Power of Thinking Outside Your Brain

Modern life has not been easy on our brains. Average IQ scores rose steadily throughout the last century. Now they appear to be leveling off. The problem, according to neuroscientists, may be that we have reached our neurobiological limits. Our brains simply can’t work any harder ...  Show more

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