The Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB) is a relic of the pre-CMB era which encodes a trove of information about the early Universe and the neutrino sector dating back to when the Universe was less than a second old. In this talk, I will argue that the Earth can significantly alter ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Who Will Build the Ark?Benjamin Kunkel is a co-editor of the New Left Review essay collection Who Will Build the Ark? Debates on Climate Strategy (2023, Verso). Ark lays out various takes on what is needed to restructure societies and economies in the face of climate change. Kunkel will discuss the contours of these ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Getting Ready for California’s New Electrical Grid: A Conversation with KALWCalifornia’s electrical grid is getting cleaner every day. Yet most people in the Bay Area still burn fossil fuels to heat their homes and get hot water for their showers - a major contributor to smog and other harmful pollution. But not for long - clean air officials say we ...
Dr. Jen Gunter, called "the world's most famous and outspoken gynecologist†by The Guardian, returns to The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco to apply her myth-busting, no-nonsense approach to discussing menstruation.Why do people menstruate? The endometrium’s (the uterine lining’s) fascinating connection to the immune system. The impact of stress, vaccines, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
Embodied Economies: How our Economic Stories Shape the WorldEconomic policy can seem abstract and distant, but it manifests the physical world - affecting us all. Our economic stories shape our systems, and they in turn shape us. What myths continue to constrain us, and how might new stories emerge to scaffold the future? This talk will explore concepts ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA
Wonderfest: The Psychology of ConfidenceHow confident should we be? Overconfidence leads people to delude themselves with wishful thinking, take too many risks, pursue impossible goals, and waste their time on doomed ventures. Underconfidence dissuades people from taking risks that would pay off, and scares them away from trying things they would enjoy. Pschological studies ...
