This interview took place in front of 650 people at a retreat with Eckhart Tolle and Kim Eng in Norway in September 2015. David Welch: Thank you Eckhart. Eckhart Tolle: Yes. David: How would you describe the process of Awakening and would you share a few personal stories about the ups and downs of your…
A U.S. appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to continue construction of a $400 million White House ballroom at the site of the former East Wing for the time being. The three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. granted a temporary stay of a lower court order that had paused most above-ground work following a lawsuit…
There’s a version of a smoothie that’s basically a glass of sugar with a handful of spinach for cover—and then there’s the kind that actually gets you to lunch. The difference is usually protein, fat, and fiber doing their jobs in the background while the flavor does the convincing. We’ve pulled together 10 of our…
Marvel surprised the crowd at its D23 panel Friday night with new footage from Avengers: Doomsday, offering fans an exclusive look at the upcoming film. In the clip, Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four tells the assembled Avengers that Victor Von Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) wasn’t always the villain they’re facing now, hinting that the…
Jennifer Granholm – Screencap of YouTube video. New Jersey’s incoming governor has chosen Jennifer Granholm to lead her energy transition team. It would be difficult to find a worse choice. Granholm was Joe Biden’s energy secretary. She did a terrible job and was plagued by scandal. The New Jersey governor race was largely about energy…
by Alp Mimaroglu: When one of the most successful women in history makes a move? Entrepreneurs should make a note… Few people in history have been able to reach the same level of achievement as Oprah Winfrey. Best known for her multi-award-winning daytime talk show, Winfrey has also created a television network (OWN), earned the Academy of…
Ibecame a scientist because I was drawn to difficult questions. As a child, I searched for patterns and tried to uncover the deeper logic behind everyday phenomena. That instinct carried me into chemistry and physics, then into a PhD at MIT, where I worked at the intersection of biophysics, engineering, computation, and early AI. Biology…
This is #48 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk and hike in my local community. screencaps of videos of uncontrolled intersections in Vietnam and Ethiopia (you have to watch the videos to get an idea of how this self-choreographed dance actually…
FILE PHOTO: An Asiatic lioness with her cub in Gir National Park. Photo by Priyank Dhami via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Residents in Madison County, Indiana, are on edge tonight. Indiana authorities have announced that two lions are reportedly on the loose in Madison County. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office was first…
As large-language models get better at distilling masses of messy, complex data from a variety of sources, they’ve opened up a new world for startups looking to sell business intel as a service. NationGraph is applying that principle to the opaque world of US government contracting. With its AI procurement intelligence platform, the startup aims…
