{"id":33644,"date":"2016-12-09T15:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=33644"},"modified":"2016-12-14T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T19:35:48","slug":"larry-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/12\/09\/larry-brilliant\/33644\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Brilliant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Larry Brilliant first achieved notice as a young hippie doctor in San Francisco in 1969.\u00a0As correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, Brilliant became a disciple of an Indian guru and worked on helping to eradicate smallpox, a disease that once killed millions of people every year. Today, Brilliant is a guru to many elites in Silicon Valley and a philanthropist who embraces the ethical wisdom of many faiths, working to combat global threats and scourges such as pandemics, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. His new memoir is called <em>Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much to learn about ethical behavior in the Bhagavad Gita, the Talmud, all of the Old Testament, the New Testament\u2026Islam,\u201d says physician, philanthropist, former hippie, and Silicon Valley guru Larry Brilliant. 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