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The origins of pleasure
16:00

Paul Bloom

The origins of pleasure

16 minutes
The mathematics of history
04:09

Jean-Baptiste Michel

The mathematics of history

4 minutes 9 seconds
A visual history of human knowledge
12:39

Manuel Lima

A visual history of human knowledge

12 minutes 39 seconds
Archaeology from space
05:03

Sarah Parcak

Archaeology from space

5 minutes 3 seconds
An inventory of the invisible
10:07

John Lloyd

An inventory of the invisible

10 minutes 7 seconds
How technology evolves
19:40

Kevin Kelly

How technology evolves

19 minutes 40 seconds
The art of choosing
23:51

Sheena Iyengar

The art of choosing

23 minutes 51 seconds
The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?
18:07

Stewart Brand

The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?

18 minutes 7 seconds
How food shapes our cities
15:23

Carolyn Steel

How food shapes our cities

15 minutes 23 seconds
The lost art of democratic debate
19:25

Michael Sandel

The lost art of democratic debate

19 minutes 25 seconds
Beauty, truth and ... physics?
15:48

Murray Gell-Mann

Beauty, truth and ... physics?

15 minutes 48 seconds
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