Tag: David Brooks
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Nation & World
14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants
Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.
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The gathering storm
Experts assess the state of the nation amid a pandemic and a national reckoning with race during a talk sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research and PBS.
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Isms stalk the land, but David Brooks hasn’t lost hope
New York Times columnist David Brooks touched on tribalism, community, and more in a discussion at the Ash Center.
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Now arriving: Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is growing ever more sophisticated, enabling everything from smart cities to automatic appliances. A Harvard ethicist says we should think not just about what we can do, but what we should do.
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Leaders or followers?
Author William Deresiewicz answers questions about his controversial new critique of elite colleges and universities.
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Learning to love the irrational mind
Just how much should we allow “human nature” to guide our politics — and our everyday decision making? Columnist David Brooks and a trio of Harvard analysts debated new findings on the unconscious mind during a panel discussion.
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Chips, efficient and fast
Professor Gu-Yeon Wei explores energy-efficient computing devices that are fast but draw minimal power.
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Matching supply, demand
Harvard graduate student Wonyoung Kim has developed and demonstrated a new device with the potential to reduce the power usage of modern processing chips.