Science journalist Jonah Lehrer on decisionmaking

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Science journalist Jonah Lehrer on decisionmaking

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Feb 12, 2009

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A conversation about the organic basis of decisionmaking with Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large at Seed magazine and author of How We Decide.

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Feb 12, 2009

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(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene all around Los Angeles and beyond.

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On human rights with Lynn Hunt: A conversation about the very definition of a powerful idea with Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at UCLA and former president of the American Historical Association. Her latest book is Inventing Human Rights: A History. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Economist and blogger Tyler Cowen: A conversation about using incentives, eating ethnic food and becoming a cultural billionaire with Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University and blogger at Marginal Revolution. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Novelist Joshua Henkin: A conversation about college towns, the importance of story and MFA programs with novelist Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Wine journalist George M. Taber: A conversation about that most revered of all beverages and the devices that close our bottles of it with George M. Taber, wine journalist and former business editor of Time magazine. His new book is To Cork or Not to Cork: The Billion-Dollar Battle... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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1960s radical Cathy Wilkerson: A conversation about the 1960s with Cathy Wilkerson, former member of Students for a Democratic Society and Weatherman, whose new book is Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On 20 years of The Closing of the American Mind with Roger Kimball: A conversation about Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind on the 20th anniversary of its publication with Roger Kimball, editor of The New Criterion. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Los Angeles Times Book Review editor David L. Ulin: A conversation about publishing, book criticism and LA literary culture with David L. Ulin, editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Something Awful editor Zack Parsons: A conversation about ridiculous military hardware and highly un-epic science fiction with Zack Parsons, editor at the popular humor site Something Awful and author of My Tank is Fight!: Deranged Inventions of World War II. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Evolutionary biologist David P. Barash: A conversation about consciousness, free will and toilet training with David P. Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington and author of Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and Other Realities of Evolution. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Science journalist Jonah Lehrer: A conversation about literature, the human brain and umami with Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large at Seed magazine and author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin: A conversation about food writing, Lost Girls and the disappointing DVD of David Lynch's Lost Highway with Jessa Crispin, founder and editor of Chicago-based literary webzine and blog Bookslut. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Artscience impresario David Edwards: A conversation about science, aesthetics and the crossing of disciplinary boundaries with David Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Harvard, author of Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation, and... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher: A conversation about the interplay between early modern science and poetry with Angus Fletcher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate School and author of Time, Space and Motion in the Age of Shakespeare. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Undercover economist Tim Harford: A conversation about speed-dating, the advantages of city life and the fun economists are having with "Undercover Economist" Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Kevin Smokler and Dave Weich: Part two of our special series on the future of books and reading: conversations with writer, thinker, entrepreneur and maker of mischief Kevin Smokler [site] and Dave Weich, director of marketing and development at Portland, Oregon's Powell's Books. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Deep historian Daniel Lord Smail: A conversation about bridging the gap between history and prehistory with Daniel Lord Smail, professor of history at Harvard University and author of On Deep History and the Brain. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On globalization with Pietra Rivoli: A conversation about Texan cotton-growing, Chinese manufacturing and African entrepreneurship with Pietra Rivoli, Georgetown business professor and author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with auto journalist Mark Richardson: A conversation about technology, philosophy and a beloved American motorcycle journey with Mark Richardson, auto and motorcycle editor of the Toronto Star and author of Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.... by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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NPR's Peter Sagal: A conversation about swinging, eating, strip clubs, lying, gambling, consumption and pornography with Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me and author of The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them). by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Skeptic Michael Shermer: A conversation about economics, evolutionary biology and Ayn Rand with Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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On the Great Books with Alex Beam: A conversation about knowledge, commerce and the Western canon with novelist and journalist Alex Beam, author of A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books. by Notebook on Cities and Culture
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Science journalist Jonah Lehrer on decisionmaking

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