The Humane Economy • 2016 • episode "S1E6" Curiosity Retreats: 2016 Lectures

Category: Economics

Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the United States, draws a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, and how industries, innovators and consumers are coming together in this powerful social movement.

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Curiosity Retreats: 2016 Lectures • 2016 • 8 episodes •

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2016 • Brain

Our Virtual Reality

As the ability to blur the physical and digital worlds becomes a global phenomenon, Nonny de la Pena is harnessing that transformative ability to tell stories like never before. Learn how she uses the immersive power of VR to help people connect to important issues they might otherwise ignore.

2016 • Technology

To Pluto and Beyond

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2016 • Astronomy

Our Mathematical Universe

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2016 • Math

The Human Journey a Genetic Odyssey

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2016 • Health

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2016 • Economics

Lessons from the Presidents

Through her unique understanding of some of our greatest presidents, Doris Kearns Goodwin, writer and presidential biographer, provides leadership lessons we all can learn from in our never-ending pursuit to live our fullest and most successful lives.

2016 • Lifehack

The Big Picture

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2016 • Physics

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