Returning to the place where I graduated 21 years ago felt both strange and beautiful. This time at Carnegie Mellon University, I didn’t speak about finance, but about something that fascinates me more and more: the art hidden within mathematics. The lecture The Art in Mathematics – God’s Signature in Numbers is an invitation to reflect on whether numbers might contain a certain order—perhaps even the signature of something greater than ourselves.

"Let love for people be your highest standard." These words of Confucius are also the guiding principles of our guest today, Jakub Zeman - a Japanologist, writer, translator, but above all, a man who has adopted traditional samurai values into his life.

"My calling is to be happy, and my mission is to inspire others to be happy." These words of Josef "Joska" Šálek may sound like a cliché. But when spoken by a man who has overcome addictions, fears, health issues, a stint in prison and a nine-hour plank, they sound very different.