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The philosopher on why Melancholia is actually an optimistic movie.
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Radiolab uses cutting edge audio tech and ancient storytelling techniques to evoke wonder in an entirely new way.
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Ten ways you can cut food addiction by changing the information going in your body and upgrading your biological software.
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According to Bill Nye, if you stop exploring, you’re not going to move forward as a species. Your country’s economy will also fall behind. After all, space exploration stimulates the […]
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Rebecca MacKinnon is a founding member of the Global Network Initiative, a multi-stakeholder initiative to advance principles of freedom of expression and privacy in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) […]
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The future of film is collaborative storytelling, says Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards.
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People in positions of power need to be committed to increasing the representation of women on boards and in other leadership roles, or it won’t happen, says Monique Leroux.
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There’s a big difference between being smart and being wise, and also being intelligent, frankly, says futurist Edie Weiner.
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Donald Rumsfeld reflects on his over 50 year career in public service with Big Think — the highs and the lows, the challenges and the triumphs. From his call to […]
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We don't really want what we think we desire, says philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
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The question as to whether or not we are hardwired for religion and spirituality is an important one, says pioneering neuroscientist Andrew Newberg. “When we look at how the brain […]
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Internet policy expert Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the social possibilities and challenges presented by new digital technologies.
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Former IOSCO chairperson Jane Diplock explains why gender diversity in corporate leadership is profitable.
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Andrew Cohen says narcissism is a culturally conditioned epidemic. How is it harmful and how can we break out of it?
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We’ve all noticed it – on television and the social web, an increase in politically partisan polemic and cultural isolationism. This “us vs. them” mentality doesn’t reflect the best of […]
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Call it art, experimental philosophy, theater, or what you will – Jonathan Keats plays the fool as a kind of public protest against the ever-present danger of taking ourselves and […]
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Anthony Scaramucci shares his views on who young people should look to as a role model on Wall Street today.
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Jonathan Pryce talks to Big Think’s Jason Gots about Hollywood, King Lear, his distaste for Margaret Thatcher and why British actors always get cast as bad guys in American movies.