David Hirschman
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Memory is one of the cornerstones of what it means to be human. Recording aspects of the world around us and storing them in our brains for future recall is vital to nearly all advanced human functions. It makes us who we are, and helps us to make sense of reality. But what is really happening in ... Read More
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"You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it's waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye," wrote gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, no stranger himself to the compelling nature of addiction. As has been demonstrated many, many, many times ... Read More
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What does it mean to be conscious? It's a question that philosophers and scientists have puzzled over perhaps since there have been philosophers and scientists. In his book "Consciousness Explained," Tufts University philosopher Daniel Dennett calls human consciousness "just about the last ... Read More
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It's been over 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell, yet the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO), a military group which was originally created to defend Western Europe from Russia, continues to exist, with 28 member states pledged to collectively defend one another in the face of outside ... Read More
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"Software should always be free because all users of software deserve freedom," says Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project, and a longtime activist. But he's not talking about "free" in the sense of free beer—Stallman tells Big Think his definition of free ... Read More
About David Hirschman
David Hirschman is the managing editor of Big Think.