“Defeasible beliefs provide the provisional certainty necessary to navigate an uncertain world.” — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“The black expanse over our heads promise places where our industries can use resource extraction, zero-gravity manufacturing, better communications, perhaps even energy harvested in… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“If the concept that technologies have biases were to become common knowledge, we could implement them consciously and purposefully. If we don’t bring this… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Narcissistic leaders. The ultimate weapon of mass destruction is a state. When a state is taken over by a leader with the classic triad… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Adolescence is a period of life when the brain is malleable, and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development. However, according… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Happy brains are all alike; every unhappy brain is unhappy in its own way.” — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“But discoveries are what usually egg us on. Not finding anything would be very bad indeed.” — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“But there is another case for curating as a vanguard activity for the twenty-first century. As the artist Tino Sehgal has pointed out, modern… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Really tapping into our inner vision and inner child might not make us happier or better adjusted, but it might make us appreciate just… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“twice as many people in India have access to cell phones as to latrines.” — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Worry descends upon the worrier like a fever. Without appropriate treatment, that febrile anxiety burns away at the soul. With such treatment, the fever… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Kakonomics (from the Greek, the economics of the worst) describes cases wherein people not only have the standard preference for receiving high-quality goods and… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“Change is the law. Stability and consistency are illusions, temporary in any case, a heroic achievement of human will and persistence at best. When… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“After several decades of empirical study, Jaques concluded that just as humans differ in intelligence, we differ in our ability to handle time-dependent complexity.… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
“people readily accept credit when told they have succeeded, attributing it to their ability and effort. Yet they attribute failure to such external factors… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
