The Latest from Big Think

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John Temple Contemplates the Future of Investigative journalism.
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Former Rocky Mountain News Editor John Temple on the future of print.
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John Temple Dismisses the Nonprofit Newspaper Model.
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John Temple on what’s next for newspapers.
People these days are staying in and watching movies instead of going out and spending money. Does that mean no more football games? Ben Casselman in the Wall Street Journal […]
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John Temple Reflects on Building an Online Newspaper.
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John Temple on the Fall of the Rocky Mountain News.
The Obama administration has announced a plan to join forces with private equity firms and hedge funds to forge public-private partnerships to reverse the housing and credit crisis. This comes […]
Ricky Gervais doesn’t do Twitter as he so glibly told Big Think this week. John McCain’s tweets can’t seem to get beyond his ranting crusade against earmarks — and science. […]
Despite the recent Gaza conflict and the subsequent media backlash against Israel, the land of milk and honey has found an unlikely cultural and socio-political marriage with Latin America. Don’t […]
Countries that staked their entire GDP’s on the bonanza decades of globalization are having to reposition their economies overnight as the global downturn sinks in its teeth. The side effects […]
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Poker teaches you that all you have is your reputation, says the Poker Professor.
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The Poker Professor says poker and business are thick with psychology.
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Phil Gordon says the worst business strategy is trying to hard to make up for a loss.
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On Wall Street and in Vegas, Adams watched his most steely and calculating colleagues lose all their earnings in a single moment. Why? They had become dangerously numb to risk […]
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Being a novice in a field of experts is a moment to cherish, not fear, says Adams. Trying to start off strong and impress your more experienced peers only robs […]
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Phil Gordon says you have to know when you can’t win.
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The Poker Professor on behavior techniques that work.