Author interviews
We strive to enhance our understanding of disruption and progress by exploring fresh perspectives. And by interviewing authors who inspire us, we can share their ideas with you.
Conversations with inquiring minds
Private companies and the Power Law
Author Sebastian Mallaby on the attraction of investing in game-changing firms at an early stage.
A warning on warming
Author John Vaillant’s prize-winning Fire Weather spells out the lessons of a Canadian inferno.
The elements behind everything
Material World author Ed Conway shares insights on six commodities crucial to our progress.
Exposing AI’s costs
Prof Kate Crawford on artificial intelligence’s environmental and social impacts.
Shakespeare: Elizabethan entrepreneur
James Shapiro sheds new light on the life of the Bard.
Nuts and Bolts: engineering progress
How seven small often overlooked inventions shape our lives in remarkable ways.
The future of cybersecurity
Veteran data security expert Mikko Hyppönen on cyberwarfare and AI’s challenge.
Chip War
How semiconductors bring a competitive world together.
Author interview: Closing the gap
Sally Magnusson interviews Mary Ann Sieghart about her argument that bias can undermine professional women.
Frames of mind
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the human advantage of decision making in the age of big data.
The story of science retold
It's wrong to credit a handful of western geniuses with revealing the secrets of the universe, according to James Poskett. The science historian introduces Alice Ross to the pioneers left out of our history books.
Cogs and monsters
Virtual goods and the value of digital data pose unresolved challenges to economists, investors and regulators.
The OxyContin empire
Tile description: Patrick Radden Keefe charters the rise and fall of the Sackler dynasty.
Tribal knowledge
Companies that hire anthropologists to get inside customers' minds would do better getting them to look at their own corporate behaviour, Gillian Tett tells Pádraig Belton.
Living for the long term
Australian philosopher Roman Krznaric talks about putting our descendants’ best interests above our own instant gratification.
Blurring the boundaries of our identity
The definition of what makes you who you are was once a simple matter. But as Tracey Follows explains to Pádraig Belton, big tech has encroached on our personal space.
Exponential change: minding the gap
Tech advances are outpacing older institutions’ ability to adapt, says author Azeem Azhar.
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