Christof Koch: Our future with AI
[21:52] Watch a GeekWire Summit “Power Talk” in which Christof Koch, chief scientific officer at the All…
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Nicholas A. Christakis: What Do We Learn from Our Networks?
[7:26] In his lab at Yale, Nicholas A. Christakis investigates the biological origins of our social networks, the web o…
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How predictable are you?
[2:25] What concerns me with this fun item, is that there will be too many people who will be stunned or think it’s s…
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Steven Pinker: The Past, Present, and Future of Violence
[21:59] Why do humans engage in violence? Why do we cooperate in peace? How has violence changed over the course of human …
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CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Reference Dependence and Loss Aversion
[5:57] Laurie Santos, a psychologist at Yale University, explains two of our classic economic biases: reference depe…
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Christian Welzel: Moral Progress – Expanding the Human Mind
[16:44] Counter-intuitive as it may seem in the face of rising populism, Dr. Christian Welzel will show fascinating da…
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Bret Weinstein: The Personal Responsibility Vortex
[16:33] Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary theorist and member of the faculty at The Evergreen State College. In “…
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Hugo Mercier: The Function of Reason
[6:54] Many of us believe our capacity to reason helps us to acquire knowledge and make better decisions – but wha…
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Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family
[20:30] Conjugal families are often assumed to be building blocks of human societies and the primary site of child rear…
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Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
[5:35] In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…
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