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Cold War II: Niall Ferguson on The Emerging Conflict With China | Uncommon Knowledge

Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of numerous books, including Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe and…

How to think like Shakespeare

On December 21, 1817, the poet John Keats wrote a letter that included a powerful concept: Something he called “negative capability,” meaning when someone “is capable of being in uncertainties,…

On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Cynthia Erivo on How to Take Small Steps to Achieving Your Goals

Today, I sit down with Cynthia Erivo to talk about following your passion and having compassion for yourself. Cynthia explains why taking the first step…

The Best Learning Paths for AI and Data Leadership

First, may I say a huge thank you to all of you for encouraging me to write? I just noticed that here on Medium, my…

The GOP’s quiet winning streak

It’s easy to miss the big political picture in a week in which President Biden announced his re-election campaign and Republicans sound increasingly resigned to Donald Trump…

Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair breaks down Fed report on SBV regulatory failures

Sheila Bair, former FDIC chair, joins ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss bank and regulatory failures and the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic…

COVID will eventually evade one of the few treatments for those infected and could cause deaths to ‘easily double,’ former White House advisor Deborah Birx says

COVID will evolve to evade popular antiviral treatment Paxlovid, a critical line of defense for the unvaccinated and those at risk of severe disease and…

‘Everything is going to be turned upside down’: Michio Kaku on the new world of quantum computing

f you’ve ever wondered how an invisibility cloak would work, how to terraform Mars, how to make a forcefield, whether we’re living in a Matrix-like…

Meet Jibo, the family robot or the HAL 9000 you always wished for

Designed by the world’s foremost social robotics expert, MIT’s Cynthia Breazeal, Jibo looks like a cross between HAL 9000 and Eve from Wall-E. The robot seeks…

Climbing Gold: Hot Henry

In the 1970’s, no flame burned brighter than Hot Henry Barber. Often heralded as the first traveling climber, Henry redefined standards for free climbing and…

Party Secretary Chen meets with Henry Paulson to discuss green and low-carbon development

Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining met with Henry Paulson, former US treasury secretary and chairman of the Paulson Foundation, and his delegation on Thursday. Chen…

Iranian Seizure of Oil Tanker Could Spell Disaster for China

The Iranians have seized the Advantage Sweet, a Turkish-owned oil tanker carrying roughly 800,000 barrels of Crude. The press release (or should I say ‘slap…