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Alex Pentland is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, at MIT Media Lab. He is the author of Social Physics: Lessons from a New Science.

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Living Big Data

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May 27, 2014 Alex Pentland imagines communities guided by rich streams of real-time information.

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Toward a More Democratic Europe?

Jun 21, 2018 Kemal Derviş predicts that the 2019 European Parliament election will advance far-reaching political restructuring.

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Rediscovering the Promise of Nuclear Power

Jun 21, 2018 Wade Allison busts myths about the world's most efficient and environmentally safe source of renewable energy.

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The Western Crack-Up

Jun 21, 2018 Javier Solana worries that Donald Trump's policies and behavior are starting to leave a permanent mark on US alliances.

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The Political Decline of Religion in the Middle East

Jun 21, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami says that strategic and security interests now drive policy and have reshaped regional alliances.

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The Epidemic We Must Stop Ignoring

Jun 20, 2018 José Luis Castro calls for urgent action to combat the scourge of untreated pediatric tuberculosis around the world.

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Nationalism Will Go Bankrupt

Jun 20, 2018 Anatole Kaletsky thinks blaming foreigners, whether through trade or immigration, will do nothing to lift living standards.

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Why Host the World Cup?

Jun 20, 2018 Andrew Zimbalist shows that the overall costs of staging global sporting events far outweigh the temporary benefits.

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The Despot and the Diplomat

Jun 20, 2018 Christopher R. Hill explains why, when negotiating with North Korea and other brutal regimes, even body language matters.

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