Funny and inspiring talk by Fields Medal-winning mathematician Cederic Villani on creativity. Among other things he cites education and access to knowledge, collaborative environments like cities, dogged hard work and luck as essential.
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Political Order and Political Decay
At the RSA to hear Frank Fukuyama, a professor at Stanford University, talk about his new book Political Order and Political Decay. Fascinating analysis, if a bit depressing as he doesn’t really have clear solutions, as he readily admits.