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If you think successful people don't have the same insecurities as you - you're mistaken!This podcast is filled with conversations with fascinating people who have achieved success, in all walks of life, demonstrating that the guests are really no different from you or me. If they can overcome their insecurities and achieve what they've achieved, you can create what you've always wanted to create too.Watch on YouTube - Julian Harris - YouTube

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI? These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We desperately want certainty, but it is out of reach.

The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can...

The world is getting louder, but the truth is getting harder to find. Most news is just noise. This is the signal. I’m Vance Kross. Every day, I cut through the corporate fluff to tell you exactly how the new world is changing yours. This is your daily, no-BS briefing on the intersection of AI, the shifting economy, and your survival. I don’t offer hope; I offer a plan. From the automation of the workforce to the reality of the new economy, I deliver the raw data you need to protect your paycheck, your job, and your future. Five minutes a day. No excuses. Just the signal.

Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come - and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.

The WILD EDGES of Being Human: growth, transformation, emotional agility, and the skills of SELF-Trust in life and business. Hosted by Allison Crow, with 20+ years of leadership, coaching, educational psychology, and lived experience with amazing humans, honors the journeys of connected living and leadership. Internal Family Systems Coaching, Compassionate Inquiry, Small Business, Creativity, SELF-Leadership, Somatic IFS, ADHD, AuDHD, Neurodivergence, Relationships, and more.

In this ground-breaking book, Ben Ramalingam shows that the linear, mechanistic models and assumptions on which foreign aid is built would be more at home in early-20th-century factory floors than in the dynamic, complex world we face today. All around us, we can see the costs and limitations of dealing economies and societies as if they are analogous to machines. The reality is that such social systems have far more in common with ecosystems: They are complex, dynamic, diverse, and unpredictable.

What is a country? While certain basic tenets - such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations - seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules. Through stories about these countries' efforts at self-determination, as well as their respective challenges, Keating reveals that there is no universal legal authority determining what we consider a country.