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It’s a refreshing thought: a psychologist that doesn’t ask about your problems, but about your successes.
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Tal Ben Shahar is widely respected academic, but he is also a proud self-help guru. He told Big Think the problem with most books labeled "self-help" these days, defined what […]
There are signs of hope trickling in from Gaza. Some say this rump state may have the world's fastest growing economy (though its base point was not very high). There […]
It’s happened three times in the last three months. A high-profile and hugely-successful man comes forward to admit to dalliances outside his marriage. The first was legendary basketball coach Rick […]
God continues to perform hands-on miracles.
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The broken record of diplomacy skips on. Over talks with Iranians in Geneva, negotiators agreed to hold more talks. Hopefully at those talks they can reach some sort of agreement […]
Mistakes are fine, says Gavin Friday, as long as you learn from them.
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Musician Gavin Friday dissects the legendary relationship between the Irish, alcohol, and creativity.
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Gavin Friday tells aspiring musicians not to think about how to get into the music business; instead, they need to join music because it is a part of them.
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Sure, the Celtic Tiger has been great for Ireland's economy--but what has it done for Irish culture? Musician Gavin Friday is not optimistic.
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Irish musician Gavin Friday has come a long way since inventing an imaginary world, Lipton Village, as a child with a few artistic friends. He tells Big Think how he […]
It's safer to travel by airplane than by car, but people feel more secure on the road. The likely reason is that we feel less threatened when we have some […]
Yesterday, Big Think went West to Mountain View, CA to sit down with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of personal genetics company 23andMe, a Google-backed start-up that makes home genetics tests available […]
A lot of people are crying the blues over the slow demise of the home delivered newspaper. I'm not one of them although I've been a journalist my entire adult life.