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"As the climate warms, we're going to need to use more and more energy on air-conditioning, and that's going to increase the burden ..."

"If the court broke up Google, it wouldn't change these monopolistic conditions."

In this podcast episode, digital fellow Matt Beane discussed how humans can learn to work with intelligent machines.

"Disasters are ripe for conspiracy theories because there is a lot of uncertainty as things are unfolding and a lot of fear."

Common ground is "where we get to use the energy of polarization to be creative and not just to get shocked and zapped into our own bubble."

Question 3 provides an innovative way for Uber and Lyft drivers to bargain together to improve their working conditions.

“We had to do a lot of work to convince people institutions actually mattered in a really big way.”

"Ideas are important in terms of giving people levers or giving people ways to think about the problems in their society."

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson are honored for their work on how institutions form and affect differences in prosperity.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson commended for advancing understanding of inequality.