


Remaking the World, Past and Present
Andrew Wilson’s Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West (Crossway, 2023) has probably left dozens of historians groaning, Why didn’t I think of that? Wilson could have written one more bloviating account of how the WEIRD revolution — Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic — affected the world during the past 250 years. Instead, he concentrated on the one Read More ›

Exploring the Immaterial: A Conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Starts Africa’s Path to a Gold Standard

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset

Meyer & Tour on New Critiques of Origin of Life Research

What are the Implications of an AI Transportation Future?
Bryan Mistele, CEO of INRIX, leads a panel discussion with Rich Pople, Director of General Motors’ AI and ML Center, Dorothy Li, Founder of Luminent AI, and Mark Masongsong, Co-Founder and CEO of Urbanlogiq in which they explore the opportunities and challenges in applying AI to revolutionize automobile transportation. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

Carver Mead: COSM 2023 Closing Remarks
Carver Mead, computer pioneer and 2022 Kyoto Prize recipient, reflects on COSM 2023, noting the impact one person can have in changing the course of history. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

Reasonable Energy: Pragmatic Solutions to Our Energy Needs
Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute, leads a discussion with Todd Myers, Director of the Washington Policy Center’s Center for the Environment, and Michael Shellenberger, Author of Apocalypse Never, about reasonable and pragmatic approaches to meeting future energy needs. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

Silicon Valley Decentralized: Following Capital Investment
Cole Smead, CEO of Smead Capital Management leads a panel discussion with Matt McIlwain, Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, Jack Selby, Managing Partner of AZ-VC, and Matt Norby, Managing Partner of Flume Ventures about access to capital, what the post-pandemic world looks like for capital management firms, and how artificial intelligence impacts venture capital markets. Learn more about COSM2024 Read More ›