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As the world grows more interconnected, support for developing countries should be an even bigger concern, says former Irish President Mary Robinson. A failed state like Somalia, which lacks any […]
Did Harvard Business School contribute to the financial crisis that stunned the world for the past few years? Former dean Jay Light says it's possible that HBS—and business schools generally—may […]
Big Think today features a new set of interviews with NIH director Francis Collins, perhaps best known as the former director of the Human Genome Project and for his books […]
Sometimes I think "entitled" is the new "uppity." It's the new all-purpose put down for anyone who seems too aware of their own power. By way of backstory, college journalism […]
Two insightful articles in the New York Times this past week highlighted the very nascent trend of using technology as a philosophical concept to educate children. Kevin Kelly wrote about […]
The National Review and conservative commentators such as Ross Douthat describe the GOP's Pledge as "bolder" and more align with conservative values than 1994's Contract with America. Yesterday, in critiquing […]
Busy weekend (well, mostly grading, but that does eat time like you wouldn't believe), so here are some quick hits from the news file: Busy Indonesia: As people begin to […]
On this rainy Monday morning ... Let's hop in the Wayback Machine and head to the year 2009. Back in May of that year, we spent a lot of time […]
"For decades, it has been obvious that development aid as a rule achieves exactly the opposite of that which is desired." Spiegel on the Millennium Development Goals.
"The United Nations has appointed Earth's ambassador should aliens touch down in the near future. Their selection? Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman."
Surprising conclusions from the social sciences: the benefits of keeping the minimum wage low, eye-witness gullibility, why pain is good and what bedroom furniture says about evolution.
"The platforms of social media are built around weak ties. Twitter is a way of following (or being followed by) people you may never have met."
"Forget wind power or conventional solar power, the world's energy needs could be met 100 billion times over using a satellite to harness the solar wind and beam the energy to Earth."
Columbia professor of philosophy Akeel Bilgrami asks why we read literature when it contains information more readily found in non-fiction journals. The answer is in the medium's pathos.
"Experiments on a blind man who can ‘see’ to avoid obstacles could have huge implications for the visually impaired." The Independent reports on neurological research.
A new survey from the Mayo Clinic finds nearly half of its medical students engage in unprofessional practice and most have no opinion on pharmaceutical company policies.
"Among the winners: computer screens that can bend, adjustable eyeglasses, a low-cost genetic test, an online marketplace for receivables and a new way to battle malware."
"An ABC News/Yahoo News poll revealed that today, only half of us think the American dream—which the pollsters defined as 'if you work hard you'll get ahead'—still holds true."
In last week's cover story at New York magazine on the forthcoming Facebook biopic "The Social Network," the film's screenwriter Aaron Sorkin offers his pessimism about the nature and impact […]
In 1994, as part of their successful gambit to gain control of the House, Newt Gingrich and other GOP leaders issued the "Contract with America," a promise to pass eight […]