The Latest from Big Think

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The Poker Professor advises a careful approach to overstating your hand.
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No poker player can play the game using a consistent strategy forever. Getting complacent gives others the edge over you. Making small sacrifices to build a more variable long-term approach […]
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Phil Gordon says that with every hands comes an opportunity to pivot.
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The Poker Professor says knowing your place in the market is important to success.
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Take it from a 19-year-old college graduate. Brandon Adams says that most poker players, like financial traders, have sharply analytical minds. But even the most rigorous attention will turn soft […]
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Phil Gordon describes ways to study your opponent’s behavior.
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The Poker Professor draws similarities between winning at poker and hedging investments.
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In poker, there’s a winner and a loser. On Wall Street, it’s often the same. Unlike traditional economic activities where both the purchaser and the seller gain something in the […]
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The Poker Professor talks about betting with no money.
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Phil Gordon outlines his techniques for winning in poker and business.
Why is food such a driving force in American lives
Christian music… when we think of this we think that there is no way that it can be taken and used in a wrong way. It is often the way […]
Daniel Dennett, the philosopher, evolutionary biologist, and cognitive scientist who is co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, will be in the Big Think studio on Friday. […]
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A Harvard Law School investigation into the case: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) vs. Joel Tenenbaum.
While the Senate debates the Omnibus Spending Bill (HR 1105) on the heels of the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the restructured $350 billion TARP and the $75 […]
George Tech’s expertise in “human-factors issues” is really paying off for the law enforcement establishment. Engineers are helping an Atlanta start-up build cop cars that function like jet fighters. According […]
In a radical and risky move, the Bank of England today decided to start printing money to combat the economic crisis, according to the London Times. While this might be […]
An economic system that forces people to sell their labor in order to survive is not sustainable. Here's why.
John Todd, and Nancy Todd of Massachusetts have a lot to teach Designers about integrated design, and waste water treatment systems.
It’s crisis time again and that means boom time for gold! In December, an ounce of gold was selling for about $800. By the third week in February, it was […]